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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The police balked the robber's plans.
  警方挫败了强盗的计划。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。