片语

shun(Shun)人名；(日)春(姓)

shy away from回避，退缩；躲避；羞于

英汉例句

• A state whose ship was not attacked, and whose only involvement with the incident was as rescuer, might balk at being asked to foot the bill for lengthy and costly proceedings.

  船只没有被攻击过，或者只是扮演救援角色的国家，在被要求为冗长而代价不菲的诉讼程序买单时，都可能变得踌躇不决。

• APPLES, mushrooms and pork sounds a promising recipe for a kebab, but the average barbecuer might balk at adding strawberries.

  在烤肉的时候，苹果，蘑菇和猪肉都是食谱中不错的选择，不过，在烤肉时一般人都不怎么愿意加草莓。

• 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。

• Although Republicans have traditionally supported higher defence budgets, a core group of House Republicans budget hawks are likely to balk at such a large increase.

  尽管共和党传统上支持增加国防预算，但众议院一个共和党预算鹰派核心团伙很可能不愿接受如此大幅的预算增加。

• 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。

• 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。

• Christopher McKenna, a historian of consulting at Oxford University, says clients may balk at paying handsomely for a 「young punk」 of a consultant.

  牛津大学的历史顾问说，顾客不会心甘情愿对一位「年轻小混混」一样的咨询价付一大笔钱的。

• As a result, says Mr Frey, old white voters increasingly balk at paying taxes so that people they consider alien can go to school or the emergency room.

  MrFrey称，结果就是老年白人选民在缴税方面的不断萎缩，导致他们认为的外族人能够进入学校和急诊室。

• Polluting the stratosphere.Liming the oceans.Locking Greenland「s glaciers to its icy mountains.It is easy to see why sceptics balk at geoengineering.

  不论是污染同温层，在海水里投石灰，还是阻止格林兰冰川从冰山上流下的做法都很容易让质疑者们对地理工程学保持回避。

• 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。

• A teenage child might balk at washing dishes at home to qualify for pocket money-but would willingly do the same thing in the cafe down the road, where a job and a wage signalled independence.

  一个十来岁的孩子可能不肯为了零花钱而在家里洗盘子，但愿意在街角的咖啡馆里洗盘子，在那里的一份工作和薪水象征着独立。

• 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。

• 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。

• Not unexpectedly, some managers think women with family responsibilities would balk at such demands, and it is hardly to the discredit of thousands of Wal-Mart women that they may be right.

  理所当然，一些经理认为有家庭责任感得女性员工面对如此需求会畏缩不前，成千上万的女员工也很少不怀疑这样选择的正确性。

• 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。

• Because people do balk at the high price of a sign, his company offers a financing package that spreads the cost out over a couple of years.

  由于人们对标识的高价格有所顾虑，因此他们公司推出了一个融资方案，就是可以在几年之内分期付款。

• 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，总是不敢茍同。

• 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。

• Although westerners sometimes balk at the sight of a entire fish lying on a plate, in China a fish served whole is a symbol of prosperity.

  尽管西方人看到一整条鱼躺在盘子里有时会犹豫不前，然而在中国，端上的整条鱼是富饶的象征。

• 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準，而矿工的工作环境依然得不到改善的时候会发生什么？

• Still others want to accommodate parents and applicants who balk at rising tuitions and demand to know the return on their investment.

  还有些人想照顾到那些反对增加学费的家长和入学申请人，让他们考虑下自己投资的回报。

• Manufacturer: It」s quite expensive to make and because of its small size, buyers balk at its high price.

  这个式样的制造成本相当高，而且因为体积小，顾客看到这样高的价钱就裹足不前。

• We can give it a momentary thought, but we balk at filling in much detail on so whimsical a fantasy.

  须臾之际，我们会略作狂想，但是一旦要给这样一个离奇幻物填充大量细节，则退避三舍。

• The vast amount of borrowing could push up long-term interest rates, if foreign investors balk at buying up United States debt.

  大量的贷款就能推动长期利率，如果外国投资者对购买美国债券产生犹豫。

• It「s a weakness of human nature that while we」re willing to accept tangible help, we balk at taking intangible advice.

  人性有个弱点：通常都乐意接受有形的帮助，却不愿接受无形的忠告。

• The authors rather fancy themselves as philosophers, though they would presumably balk at the description, since they confidently assert on their first page that 「philosophy is dead.」

  这两位作者相当自负其作为哲学家——他们大概不会明写出这一点，然而他们在第一页就自信地断言：「哲学死了。」

• 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。