balk /bɔːk/ (also baulk) TEM8 ( balking, balked, balks )

• 1. 

  V-I If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen. 阻止; 反对

  例：

  Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments.

  即使是生物专业的大学生都可能会反对动物实验。

  例：

  Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a $24M profit had turned into a $20M deficit.

  去年十月这家银行突然亏空，原本2400万美元的利润变成了2000万的赤字让人震惊。