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 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。
• He balked me to carry out my plan.
  他阻止我实施我的计划。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many people balked at this danger.
  许多人看到这种危险便畏缩不前。
• This balked me a little.
  这使我感到有些不愉快。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many lenders approached to invest in a combined GM-Chrysler have also balked.
  曾被接触过来投资合并后的通用汽车-克莱斯勒的许多放款人也都止步不前。