V-I If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen. 阻止; 反对
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。
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。
German Banks are balking at writing off Greek debt.
德国各家银行在勾销希腊债务方面畏缩不前。
Banks are balking at rewriting mortgages, despite incentives to do so.
银行正在逃避重写抵押贷款，尽管他们有动机这么做。
As a result, Treasury holders are balking at lending, and the market is freezing up.
结果是，美国国债持有者拒绝出借手中债券，市场进而冻结。
词组短语
应用推荐