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

• He was balked in his attempt.
  他的企图遭到了挫折。
• 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。
• 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。
• This balked me a little.
  这使我感到有些不愉快。
• Many people balked at this danger.
  许多人看到这种危险便畏缩不前。
• 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。
• But I was in no mood to be balked by a man like him.
  但我全然不想被他这样的人挫败。
• He balked his assigned duties.
  他中止了被分配的工作。
• Moderate sports make you relaxed!!! This balked me a little.
  适度的运动，会使你身轻如燕，心情愉快！这使我感到有些不愉快。