英语释义

• stopping short and refusing to go on;

  "a balking"

  "a balky mule"

  "a balky customer"

片语

obstinate顽固的；倔强的；难以控制的

restive难驾驭的；焦躁不安的，不耐烦的；（马）倔头倔脑不肯往前的，停下闹别扭的

balky y倔强的

A balky switch难以起动的发动机

The Balky Mule表演者

balky tractable倔强的

英汉例句

• The balky horse refused the jump.

  马逡巡不前拒绝跳过去。

• More and more he admired Franklin Roosevelt「s ability to drive this balky team.

  他越来越钦佩弗兰克林·罗斯福驾驭这套总是停蹄不前的马车的本领。

• Kaleri didn」t believe the sound was from balky equipment; rather it seemed to originate from outside.

  他认为那声音应该不是太空站机械运转不顺所引起，比较像是由太空站外部传来的。

• But this is not, as some would have it, wholly the fault of balky American senators who have refused to pass a cap-and-trade bill fast enough.

  但是这不像很多人想的那样，完全是美国参议员们的错，这些参议员拒绝尽快通过一项碳排放交易的议案。

• Maybe my hopes for the iPhone curdled in the time it took for my perfectly good T-Mobile plan to expire so I could switch to balky AT&T and purchase one.

  或许我对iphone的期望恰巧在固定在一个特定时间，就是我那不错的完美的T-mobile套餐/计划快到期了，所以我可以转到蹩脚的AT&T买一个。

• But because of the balky sequencing tools of the day and their high cost, much of the subsequent research progressed slowly or stalled.

  但是由于当时测序工具的停滞不前和高成本，很多后续研究进程都十分缓慢甚至停滞不前。

• If Francis, James, Wells and Scola can fill those needs (and T-Mac's balky back holds up), the Rockets just might be able to take the next step in their quest.

  如果弗朗西斯，詹姆斯，韦尔斯，斯科拉能够满足这些需要(再加上麦迪拿出做老大的气势)，火箭就能在他们的前进道路上更进一步。

• As in many a human classroom, things get off to a balky start.

  就像在许多人类课堂上的情况一样，事情别别扭扭地开始了。

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