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

柯林斯词典

• VERB 畏缩；回避
  If youbalk atsomething, 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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• They balked the robber's plan.
  他们使强盗的计划受到挫败。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This balked me a little.
  这使我感到有些不愉快。
• 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。
• Many people balked at this danger.
  许多人看到这种危险便畏缩不前。
• 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。