英语释义

• stopping short and refusing to go on;

  "a balking"

  "a balky mule"

  "a balky customer"

片语

balk at回避，畏缩

英汉例句

• As a result, Treasury holders are balking at lending, and the market is freezing up.

  结果是，美国国债持有者拒绝出借手中债券，市场进而冻结。

• That means always looking for ways to do your job better, helping out colleagues when you can, and not balking at new projects.

  这也就是说你要经常寻找把工作做得更好的方法，帮助同事们做些力所能及的工作，不要反对新推出的项目。

• PSA Peugeot Citroen and Mitsubishi, while balking at big cross-shareholdings, are keen to deepen their ties.

  标志雪铁龙和三菱虽然在相互持有大额股份问题上停步不前，但双方却热衷于加深彼此的合作。

• When the trend turns up, it will be weak, with continued high unemployment discouraging consumers from spending and businesses balking at major purchases until they ve cleared their books of debt.

  这种趋势一开始会很微弱，随着失业率的增高，会使消费者对开支和商业上的大宗购买感到沮丧。直到他们清理了自己的债务册。

• Now employees are balking at further cuts, even if that threatens the future of their airlines.

  如今雇员们都在尽力阻止进一步的裁员，尽管这将威胁到他们航空公司的未来。

• And so I「m not surprised that some are balking at doing hard work.

  有人反对做艰苦工作，我对此是一点都不感奇怪的。

• I asked him to sit down and he, after balking a second, sat quietly in the chair with his hands sandwiched by two legs, nervously twisting his fingers.

  我请他坐下来，他迟疑了一下然后默默地坐到了椅子上，双手放在两腿间，十指不安地绕动着，看得出他有点儿紧张。

• He picked up a stone and let fly at the balking dog.

  他捡起一块石头朝那狂吠的狗扔去。

• The deal is not yet done. Israel is still balking over a handful of Hamas terrorists with a lot of blood on their hands, and wants to send some West Bankers to Gaza and deport others.

  协议还没有达成，以色列仍对一些双手沾有鲜血的哈马斯恐怖分子踌躇不定，希望将一些西岸人送到加沙，并把另外一些人驱逐。

• US school system is balking at airing President Obama」s back-to-school message next Tuesday, the first day of most schools.

  据美国哥伦比亚电视台报道，美总统奥巴马将于下周二对全美返校生进行一次演讲，但目前该方案遭到美国教育机构阻挠。

• German Banks are balking at writing off Greek debt.

  德国各家银行在勾销希腊债务方面畏缩不前。

• Some fans of the 「beautiful game」 are balking at the cost of long-haul flights and peak-price accommodations.

  一些球迷被长途飞机的票价及高昂的住宿费吓跑了。

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