balked

英 [bɔːkt] 美 [bɔkt]

v.  妨碍；阻碍；防止；使受挫折; （突然）停止；畏缩不前；犹豫；回避
balk的过去分词和过去式

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  1. VERB 畏缩；回避
    If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
    1. Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments...
      面对动物实验，哪怕是生物专业的大学生也会畏缩。
    2. Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a $24m profit had turned into a $20m deficit.
      去年10月，由于对2,400万美元的利润变成了2,000万的亏损感到担心，这家银行畏缩了。
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双语例句

  1. Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a$ 24m profit had turned into a$ 20m deficit.
    去年10月，由于对2,400万美元的利润变成了2,000万的亏损感到担心，这家银行畏缩了。
  2. The police balked the attempt to kidnap the child.
    警方挫败了诱拐小孩的企图。
  3. Many lenders approached to invest in a combined GM-Chrysler have also balked.
    曾被接触过来投资合并后的通用汽车-克莱斯勒的许多放款人也都止步不前。
  4. France and Germany have balked at such action, saying the emphasis should be on regulatory reform.
    法国和德国已拒绝了这一提议，表示各国应该把中心放在监管制度的改革上。
  5. Policymakers balked, thinking the plan too beneficial to Citigroup.
    政策制定者有些犹豫不决，认为该计划对花旗的好处太大。
  6. The clergyman's shy and sensitive reserve had balked this scheme.
    由于牧师生性羞赧和敏感，他的沉默寡言与自我克制阻遏了这一阴谋的得逞。
  7. One employer balked-a sign that this was not a good match.
    而另一位雇主则不同意，这是表明这并非一个好主意的迹象。
  8. So Paulson balked, and by late October the capital purchase plan was in place.
    因此泡尔桑犹豫不决，并且十月底之前资金收购计划已经到位。
  9. Most worried about a dollar crash, as investors balked at America's rising foreign borrowing.
    随着投资者对美国债台日渐高筑的回避，大多数的经济学家担心美元会崩溃。
  10. But he had balked at throwing his wholehearted support behind uprisings against Kadafi and Syria's Bashar Assad, urging reform and reconciliation.
    但是他在对抗卡扎菲和叙利亚的巴沙尔阿萨德的起义发生后，拒绝给予全力支持，反而呼吁改革和和解。
  11. I wanted to buy the dress, but I balked at the high price.
    我本想买这件连衣裙，但一看价钱太高就犹豫了。
  12. Now it is being leveraged to cope with Italy, which has balked at raising its retirement age to67, a measure Germany reluctantly agreed to in2007.
    现在该方法被用在处理了对意大利问题上了。对于把退休年龄提到67岁这个问题，意大利一直以来都十分犹豫，对此，德国曾于2007年勉强同意。
  13. I balked at the prospect of spending four hours on a train with him.
    我不愿意和他在火车上一起呆四小时。
  14. I suggested we sleep out in the open, but he balked at the idea.
    我建议在露天睡觉，但他对此犹豫不决。
  15. He balked me to carry out my plan.
    他阻止我实施我的计划。
  16. He was balked in his attempt.
    他的企图遭到了挫折。
  17. The police balked the robber's plans.
    警方挫败了强盗的计划。
  18. Her husband balked at the expense of the plans she had made.
    她丈夫对他的计划中所需要的经费感到犹豫。
  19. Many people balked at this danger.
    许多人看到这种危险便畏缩不前。
  20. He planned to have a duel, but we balked him out of it.
    他打算决斗，但是我们劝阻了他。
  21. In Wisconsin unions have swallowed higher contributions but balked at attempts to restrict their bargaining rights.
    在威斯康辛州，工会已经接受了更高的缴费数额，但却对限制其协商权利的努力说不。
  22. He balked his assigned duties.
    他中止了被分配的工作。
  23. This balked me a little.
    这使我感到有些不愉快。
  24. They balked the robber's plan.
    他们使强盗的计划受到挫败。
  25. Tang's subordinate Chang thought of buying it, but balked at the price they asked.
    唐易安的属下常副官想把它买下来，可是高昂的价格使他望而却步。
  26. He was balked as he handed the glasses to the lieutenant.
    他心灰意冷，把望远镜递给了副官。
  27. Moderate sports make you relaxed!!! This balked me a little.
    适度的运动，会使你身轻如燕，心情愉快！这使我感到有些不愉快。
  28. But the infrastructure deal with Italy is one that officials admit would have been unthinkable before the crisis since they would have balked at selling shares in a strategic asset to a foreign investor.
    但官员们承认，与意大利签署的基础设施协议在危机爆发之前是不可想象的，因为他们不愿将战略资产的股份出售给外国投资者。
  29. But I was in no mood to be balked by a man like him.
    但我全然不想被他这样的人挫败。
  30. The company board balked at this merger proposal.
    公司董事会对并购提议犹豫不决。
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