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 police balked the attempt to kidnap the child.
  警方挫败了诱拐小孩的企图。
• The police balked the robber's plans.
  警方挫败了强盗的计划。
• Tang's subordinate Chang thought of buying it, but balked at the price they asked.
  唐易安的属下常副官想把它买下来，可是高昂的价格使他望而却步。
• Many people balked at this danger.
  许多人看到这种危险便畏缩不前。
• He balked me to carry out my plan.
  他阻止我实施我的计划。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They balked the robber's plan.
  他们使强盗的计划受到挫败。
• He was balked in his attempt.
  他的企图遭到了挫折。