| 词汇 | example_english_balk |
| 释义 | Examples of balkThese 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. The reneging behavior results in a greater number of customers and greater workload in the system than balking behavior. One balks somewhat at this confirming of the ambit to the according of privileges to the especially chosen professional associations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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 They cannot be resolved by balking the issue of the national audit office. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The industry is only now balking at the proposition, and saying that it is horrendous and it cannot do it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should regret it were we to be balked in our attempts to do so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, they have all too often found themselves balked by the dogma of the traditional parties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no balking that question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no use balking that fact. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His highs included striking out 10 batters on multiple occasions, while his lows included balking in runs in playoff games. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She balks and then goes downtown to run some errands leaving the gang in charge. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Critics also balked at the lack of example or concrete vision of his social and political proposals. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At first, he balked and told reporters he would not attend the breakaway convention. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Even if brought up to be a good, submissive wife, she balks at the idea of sharing the conjugal bed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Agen officials balked at the idea stating the club's stadium had met all the guidelines and requirements of the federation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After county commissioners balked on the construction, $500,000 in public funds were paid to cancel signed contracts and undo the progress made during site preparation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Publishers had balked at her insistence on color pictures of food, so she had the book published privately at her own expense. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Later, the city balked at a request for tax rebates, and the plan fell apart. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The band balked, fearing it was a ploy to have them make records without being paid. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While humanitarian enough to accept reforms in principle, they balked when such reforms threatened their way of life. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The conservative management balked at using an untried system for mission-critical applications and declined. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After the recording of the sections, the balks may be removed and the rest of the feature excavated. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Balking at this arrangement, the kids concoct a variety of moneymaking schemes, all of them doomed to failure. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She also initially balked at pulling up her skirt to entice a passing driver to provide a ride, complaining that it was unladylike. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When he asked for money to buy a portable video recorder the school board balked, so he bought one with his own money. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She stumbles and balks and can't really explain where the idea came from. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When she balks, he tells her that he has been true to his nature and never hidden his motives. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Theater owners initially balked at installing digital projection systems because of high cost and concern over increased technical complexity. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was initially hesitant to sign onto the project, balking at the seemingly shallow title. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After some initial interest, the aldermen balked at the cost (more than 3000 pounds). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many delegates balked, especially at the assumption that they could push through a sudden constitutional change in a party often dearly concerned with internal process. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The assembly leadership balked at the idea, as toll roads had been abolished decades earlier. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, many in the white, rural, southern-based church were not willing to cede that much power and balked at the plan. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Opposition, primarily from other ethnicities in the city, has so far balked such plans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Reaser initially balked at having to master her multilingual dialogue on such short notice, and she tried to back out of the audition. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They balked at the last moment, and both colleges of cardinals abandoned their popes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When his colleagues balked, he pursued a referendum on the issue. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In that debut, she hit the first batter she faced, balked, and gave up three earned runs without recording an out. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Garcetti initially balked at the contract and argued that it did not go far enough to address the utility's work rules. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After they passed easily, the state authorities balked at giving them licenses, but relented after reports of the situation were published in national news media. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Her first patient sees the sharp instruments and balks at another treatment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He initially balked at this offer and only after much dragging of feet did he finally accept. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, he exhorts, one must not balk at the apparent contradiction of this view. School officials balked over the town's open space easement language, saying it was too restrictive and would make building and operating the campus unfeasible. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, the provincial and municipal governments balked at committing more money to the project. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The old pragmatists naturally balked at the prospect of turning their lucrative cash-making enterprise into a quixotic venture for holy glory. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Kimathi however balked at any discipline or control, and was constantly in trouble with his teachers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1963, the league instructed umpires to crack down on balks by pitchers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In these straitened times, courtesy of the left veering right, university libraries have to balk at being bilked. The ecologically oriented might accept the first part, but would surely balk at the second. Intuitionists balk at this criticism of the monarch, because neither disjunct is provable. The girls often balked at dress codes and rules, but also replicated their parents' social values. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If a horse falls, balks or knocks down any portion of an obstacle, a penalty point, or fault, is added to the score. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He supplied the dockyards with oil, balks and rosin. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Atta briefly mentioned the possibility of striking a nuclear facility, but balked after the other attack pilots voiced their opposition. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The officer apparently had balked at the idea of sharing his dining table with the three naval ratings, the enlisted men who were to serve as wireless operators. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After several state legislatures initially balked at the proposal during the 1920s, a number of them re-examined their position during the 1930s and decided to ratify. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She asks him out on a date, and while they do have a good time, he balks at a more serious relationship, to her great disappointment. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Counterpoint balked, wanting only a part-time agreement. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The legislature balked at taking any action. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If a female gymnast balks, for example stops in the middle of the runway or breaks their run before touching the springboard, no deductions are taken. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The balks were then covered by a series of cross planks called "chesses" to form a road surface, and the chesses were held in place with side guard rails. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He balked only once in his career. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Evidently it is one of the most important tasks of research to transcend the level already attained and not to balk at abandoning previous statements or to fear revolution. I have no doubt that some juries will balk at that fact and acquit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another suggestion is that we should look at the development of a quota system with —let us not balk at the word—the rationing of petrol. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certain dependent or associated territories balk at adopting the exchange of information. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I understand the concerns among leaseholders who would balk at the suggestion that the landlord should have the right to participation in the company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should you balk at a bit more? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody can tell how long it will take for those who balk at it at the moment to accept the principle of consent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he confirm that it will not balk at any conviction as long as the person concerned is still alive? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is then the current problem, which we cannot balk, of the enforced idleness caused by unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We would be far better off if he could be put into balk. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you really want a dog, a tenner is nothing, and if you balk at that you clearly do not value your dog. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us not balk at it: it is a major change when comprehensive education is introduced. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We can balk the issue as much as we like. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not balk at that fact, but it is substantially lower than it was last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What should happen if some of them balk at paying an additional sum for their share of the compensation after agreeing to conversion on a particular assessment of the cost? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe that the employment of disabled people will not be affected by the inclusion of this provision, but there may be some employers who will balk at it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must not balk at that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One most not balk at the fact that this portmanteau may carry at least 11 items, but we do not know how many will go into the portmanteau. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even the largest balk at the cost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a call, known as a catcher's balk, is rarely seen in baseball. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Personal oaths of loyalty and fingerprinting caused many older members to balk at joining. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Let r be the probability that a customer balks or the balking rate. However, even the most credulous sitter balked at the notion of an otherworldly visitor wearing stays. In 1991 public workers balked at that plan and there was a two-day general strike. Furthermore, in the documents cited below, he balked at identifying her even as he sought to plant his clues. 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. Two common modes in which customers display their impatience are balking and reneging. At the same time, general standards will allegedly press those constituent units that have balked at aboriginal rights to land to act now. While all despaired over the decline of tribal discipline, most administrative officers balked at centralized, inflexible solutions to this problem. However, for children who balked at this procedure, we also provided the opportunity to answer with a more common main clause configuration. Once again, the department balked. They also balked at the work requirement. I think that liberals should balk at this appeal to the psychic costs of third parties. 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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