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

• The company board balked at this merger proposal.
  公司董事会对并购提议犹豫不决。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He balked his assigned duties.
  他中止了被分配的工作。
• He was balked in his attempt.
  他的企图遭到了挫折。
• He balked me to carry out my plan.
  他阻止我实施我的计划。
• 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。
• The police balked the robber's plans.
  警方挫败了强盗的计划。