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balk
时间: 2025-03-12 00:47:04
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英 [bɔːk]

vi.畏缩不前;退缩;突然停住;骤然止步;

vt.阻止;阻碍;妨碍;拦住;挡住;回避;

n.大木梁;系梁;梁木;(用于防止土壤侵蚀或划分地界的)埂,垄;障碍;阻碍;挫折;(投手做的)违例佯投动作;

双语例句
  • Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments.

    即使是生物专业的大学生都可能会反对动物实验。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • To emancipate all mankind, we will balk at no sacrifice. even that of our lives.

    为了全人类的解放,即使牺牲生命也在所不惜。

    《新英汉大辞典》
  • A few will balk.

    有一些会犹豫。

  • True believers in the Olympic spirit might balk at this.

    真正信仰奥林匹克精神的人会回避这点。

  • So, how can you show you won't balk at spreadsheets and graphs?

    所以,你如何证明你不会在电子数据表和图表方面畏缩不前呢?

  • Both sides still balk at his draft document's latest wording.

    双方仍就他的文件初稿里的最新措辞犹豫不决。

  • Many of you might balk at the Home Depot idea, but hear me out.

    你们中的大多数可能面对家庭工厂的主意逡巡不前,但是听我的。

  • Failure is a pain, and some people balk at it and dare not move on.

    失败是一种痛苦,有人因为害怕失败,所以不敢行动。

  • Readers may suddenly balk at paying higher prices for thinner products.

    由于报纸还是那么薄,价格反而更高了,读者很可能就会突然产生抵触行为。

  • Some analysts say that if consumers balk at price increases, piracy could grow rapidly.

    一些分析家指出,如果消费者因价格的增加而退缩购买,盗版会迅速蔓延。

  • But there must be a price that even San Franciscans would balk at paying to reduce their waste.

    不过,当减少废品浪费的价钱高到了一定程度以后,就连圣弗朗西斯科也是会开始犹豫的。

  • Even confident investors, however, may balk at how much debt they will soon be asked to buy.

    但是,即使是有信心的投资者,也许也会回避他们即将要买多少债券的问题。

  • Your supervisor may balk, but if youwork for a small company, you may be able to negotiate this.

    你的上司可能不会同意这样做,但是如果你是在一家小公司工作的话,你就可以和上级协商此事情。

  • It is usually patients not doctors who balk at the sight of a medical instrument being unwrapped.

    看到没有包裹起来的医疗用具,畏畏缩缩的通常都是病患,而不是医生。

  • And Hamas leaders, though desperate for a ceasefire, will balk at any deal that reeks of capitulation.

    哈马斯领导人尽管极需停火,但他们会阻止任何可能让他们背上投降恶名的交易。

  • The Greens themselves might balk, perhaps preferring a “Jamaica” coalition with the CDU and FDP instead.

    但绿党自身可能犹豫不前,或许更期望与基民盟和自民党结成黄绿联盟。

  • Jurors increasingly balk at imposing the death penalty, even when they are convinced of a defendant's guilt.

    陪审员们越来越不愿意判定死刑,即使他们确认被告犯有死罪。

  • But while many of Japan's older voters favor jettisoning the LDP, they may balk at its more ambitious changes.

    不过,虽然日本许多中、老年选民倾向于抛弃自民党,但他们却对更加雄心勃勃的变革持保留态度。

  • Having grown up at a time when attitudes towards children were stricter, I sometimes balk at today's indulgence.

    随着年龄的增长,我对小孩的态度也愈加严格起来,有时候我对今天孩子们的耽于娱乐,总是不敢苟同。

  • Congress may still balk at this. Many Republicans remain opposed to Detroit getting more cash under any circumstances.

    国会对此可能仍然犹豫不决,许多共和党人依然反对底特律在任何情况下得到更多的现金。

  • Anecdotal evidence suggests that, in some quarters at least, exporters are starting to balk and seeking to raise their own prices.

    坊间证据显示,至少在某些领域,出口商已经开始犹豫不前,希望提高自己产品的价格。

  • Of course, donor countries might balk at combating absolute poverty in countries rich enough to handle the problem themselves.

    当然,捐助国也许不会向富裕国家捐赠,因为他们本身就有足够的资金解决自身贫困问题。

  • Eventually burgeoning debt will limit the room for fiscal manoeuvre, and politicians may balk at renewed stimulus long before then.

    最终不断增加的债务将会限制财政政策回旋的余地,并且早在那之前政客可能就已经阻止继续财政刺激的计划。

  • If investors balk at buying commercial paper, then Banks will have to find money elsewhere to pay debts maturing in coming months.

    如果投资者不愿意购买商业票据,银行就得另寻资金兑付未来几个月即将到期的债券。

  • A few will balk. They don't want the responsibility of figuring out a fee. They don't want the anguish. That's okay. Give them a quote.

    有一些会犹豫。他们不想承担计算费用的责任。他们不想为此而苦恼。那就这样吧,给他们一个报价。

  • But in the push to cut costs in the short term, many healthcare services may balk despite the fact that patients do better, Leuchter said.

    但是在削减短期花费的压力下,许多的医疗保健服务尽管对病人有更好的作用却不得不停止。

  • What happens when factory workers begin to demand a more Western living standard, and miners balk at descending into industrial death traps?

    当一个工厂工人开始向往更加优质的生活水准,而矿工的工作环境依然得不到改善的时候会发生什么?

短语搭配
  • balk at

    回避,畏缩

近义词
n. 障碍;错误
vt. 阻止;推诿;错过
vi. 犹豫;突然止步不前
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