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

• 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。
• Many people balked at this danger.
  许多人看到这种危险便畏缩不前。
• This balked me a little.
  这使我感到有些不愉快。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The company board balked at this merger proposal.
  公司董事会对并购提议犹豫不决。
• He balked me to carry out my plan.
  他阻止我实施我的计划。
• He was balked in his attempt.
  他的企图遭到了挫折。
• 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。