balk

英 [bɔːk]

美 [bɔːk]

n.  投手犯规; 失败；错误；挫折; 障碍；阻碍；妨碍
v.  妨碍；阻碍；防止；使受挫折; （突然）停止；畏缩不前；犹豫；回避

过去式：balked　过去分词：balked　复数：balks　现在分词：balking　第三人称单数：balks　

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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。

英英释义

noun

• an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
• one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof
  Synonym:rafterbaulk
• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
  Synonym:hindrancehinderancedeterrentimpedimentbaulkcheckhandicap
• the area on a billiard table behind the balkline
  1. a player with ball in hand must play from the balk
  Synonym:baulk

verb

• refuse to comply
  Synonym:resistbaulkjib

双语例句

• That was a balk to us.
  那对我们是个挫折。
• But your employees may balk at paying more.
  但员工可能并不愿意支付更高的费用。
• It was a great balk to him that he did not comply with my request.
  你不顺从我的要求，使他大失所望。
• His parents balk at the cost of the guitar he wants.
  他想要那个吉他，但他父母看到吉他的价格却踌躇不决。
• I'm pretty sure God wouldn't balk at giving money ( or anything else).
  我十分确信上帝会毫不犹豫的布施金钱（或其它的东西）。
• America, by contrast, will inevitably balk at surrendering its pre-eminence.
  与此相反，美国将会不可避免的退缩，最终交出其卓越的领导地位。
• When I talk about giving up unnecessary shopping or clothes or shoes, many people balk.
  当我谈到放弃不必要的购物、衣服或者鞋子时，大多数人迟疑了。
• Automakers worry, however, that consumers and regulators may balk at giving up control.
  不过，各大厂商担心消费者和监管层可能不会那么痛快地放弃对车的操控权。
• 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。
• I still balk at the idea of a variable on the battlefield.
  我仍然拒绝可变物的想法在战场的。