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Balk 英[Bɔ:K 美[Bɔk Vi.畏缩不前,犹豫;(指马)不肯跑;拒绝;[体]假动作;Vt.阻止,阻碍;推诿;过错;N.阻碍,妨碍;错误,挫折;田埂;[体]假动作 Verb 畏缩;回避 Happen 例:Even

单词 balk
音标
英[bɔ:k] 美[bɔk]
解释
vi.畏缩不前,犹豫;(指马)不肯跑;拒绝;[体]假动作;vt.阻止,阻碍;推诿;过错;n.阻碍,妨碍;错误,挫折;田埂;[体]假动作;
例句

VERB
畏缩;回避
If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
third:balks~done:balked~ing:balking~past:balked~

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