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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many people balked at this danger.
  许多人看到这种危险便畏缩不前。
• 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。
• 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。
• He balked his assigned duties.
  他中止了被分配的工作。
• 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。
• The police balked the robber's plans.
  警方挫败了强盗的计划。
• 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。