balks
基本解释
- n. 未耕地（balk的复数形式）
- v. 阻止（balk的第三人称单数）
同根派生
英汉例句
- A spokeswoman balks at the suggestion the salon might offer beer, but says they could do tea or coffee.
一位女发言人拒绝了沙龙提供啤酒的建议，但表示可以提供茶或咖啡。 - If Congress balks, as expected, at some tax provisions, then deficits will prove larger than budgeted for.
如果如预期的那样，国会在一些税收款项上面犹豫不决，财政赤字将会比预算更加庞大。 - Yet Worede balks at the idea of the developed world treating Vavilov centers like Ethiopia as wild seed banks from which to withdraw traits whenever the next plague strikes.
然而沃瑞德并不认为，发达国家是把埃塞俄比亚这样的瓦维洛夫中心看作野生种子银行，一旦下一次瘟疫发作，可由此取回需要的特性。 - China balks at striking arrangements with Hong Kong that have the force of international treaties.
ECONOMIST: Chinese law - Arriving at the railway station, he balks and sends Tali off alone to see the concentration camp.
ECONOMIST: The young writers’ holocaust - There is talk of mass privatisations of public property (although Mr Papandreou balks at selling off any Aegean islands).
ECONOMIST: Greece's heavy debts: Repayment days
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- grain balks 粮仓
- balk at 回避，畏缩
短语
英英字典
- If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 未耕地