China and Russia, though they voted for UN sanctions on Colonel Qaddafi in the Security Council, presently balk at a no-fly zone, let alone armed intervention by troops.

中国与俄罗斯尽管在联合国安理会上同意制裁卡扎菲，但现在仍然犹豫是否要建立禁飞区，更不用说派驻武装部队了。

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Not unexpectedly, some managers think women with family responsibilities would balk at such demands, and it is hardly to the discredit of thousands of Wal-Mart women that they may be right.

理所当然，一些经理认为有家庭责任感得女性员工面对如此需求会畏缩不前，成千上万的女员工也很少不怀疑这样选择的正确性。

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If the queen should bolt or balk, the three hags would drag her back inside, and this time they would see to it that she never left her cell.

如果太后想要逃跑或者拖延，三个老巫婆就会把她拖回去，这次她就再也不能离开牢房。

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While most people have no qualms about sending enormous amounts of money to credit card companies, on a regular and systematic basis, they balk at the idea of paying themselves, first.

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The Russians and Chinese and French will balk, but they can hardly be more royalist than the king.

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British and Irish judges may yet balk, as they have in the past, at imprisoning suspects for long periods without evidence, whatever Mr Blair's and Mr Ahern's new laws say.

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