She agreed to attend but jibbed at making a speech.

她同意出席但不愿发言。

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The horse jibbed at the journey.

那匹马不肯赶路了。

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The horse jibbed at the high fence and the rider fell off.

马在高栅面前犹豫不前，结果骑手被摔了下来。

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He caved in to the trade unions when they jibbed at his plans to reform pensions and overhaul utilities.

ECONOMIST: Greece

Since August, many banks have jibbed at renewing loans to Brazilian borrowers, forcing them to buy back bonds or raise expensive local money.

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But ministerial duties and ideas do not always go happily together: as trade minister in the Balladur government of 1993-95, Mr Madelin constantly jibbed at the government's refusal to let the franc fall, correctly predicting a recession.

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