| 词汇 | balked |
| 释义 | balked past simple and past participle ofbalk balk verb[ I ] (UK alsobaulk)uk /bɔːk/ us /bɑːlk/ balkverb[I] (BE UNWILLING)to be unwilling to do something or to allow something to happen: 犹豫 I balked at the prospect of spending four hours on a train with him.想到要与他一起在火车上度过4个小时，我心里就犯嘀咕。 not wanting to do something unwillingShe was unwilling to hand over the money. loathI was loath to spend all the money at once. balkThe MP balked at a proposal to raise council tax. reluctantI was reluctant to leave because I was having such a good time. disinclinedI am disinclined to take on the extra work without more pay. Unwilling and reluctant arsed balk baulk be blowed if...idiom be in no mood for something/to do somethingidiom begrudge deign disinclination disinclined disobliging drag your heels/feetidiom indisposed indisposition not have the stomach for somethingidiom rather you than meidiom reluctance reluctant reluctantly willy-nilly wouldn't balkverb[I] (BASEBALL)in baseball, to stop in the act of throwing the ball to the batter, in a way that is against the rules（棒球投球员的）假投 Baseball & rounders 1-2-3 inning ahead alley around the hornidiom at bat bomb deck hit the ball out of the parkidiom hitting coach home plate home stand horsehide hot corner split-fingered fastball splitter squeeze play starting pitcher stickball swing yard Examples of balkedbalked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In 1991 public workers balked at that plan and there was a two-day general strike. However, even the most credulous sitter balked at the notion of an otherworldly visitor wearing stays. The mines sponsored good studies of the nutrition problem but balked at the costs involved in remedying it among their workers. Naval captains balked at allowing scientists and engineers without any experience at sea to design ships. Furthermore, in the documents cited below, he balked at identifying her even as he sought to plant his clues. While all despaired over the decline of tribal discipline, most administrative officers balked at centralized, inflexible solutions to this problem. At the same time, general standards will allegedly press those constituent units that have balked at aboriginal rights to land to act now. However, for children who balked at this procedure, we also provided the opportunity to answer with a more common main clause configuration. Hofmannsthal balked at the idea, but they worked out a compromise where - though she has a few lines - the aura of transformation is not broken. Once again, the department balked. They also balked at the work requirement. Carter accepted most of its recommendations but balked at proposals for immediate business tax cuts because he insisted on holding to the mid-year budget estimates recently sent to congress. We should not be balked by the fact that local authorities cannot meet this sort of expenditure during the ensuing year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 And not only this issue would be balked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That great economy campaign was balked, but it has not been scotched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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