a balk to one's plans
计划中的障碍
The horse balked at the jump.
这匹马突然停下来不前进
They balked the robber's plan.
他们使强盗的计划受到挫败。
He balked in his speech.
他忽然中断讲演。
She balked at the very idea of compromise.
她固执地拒绝妥协的想法
They braced up the old house with balks of timber.
他们用梁木加固旧房子。
I wanted to buy the dress, but I balked at the high price.
我本想买这件连衣裙, 但一看价钱太高就犹豫了。
It was a fine apartment in which we found ourselves, large, lofty, and heavily raftered with huge balks of age-blackened oak.
我们所在的房间确是华美，又高又大，因年代久远而变成了黑色的椽木巨梁密密地排着。
I wanted to buy the blouse , but I balked at the high price.
我想买件上衣，但因价格太贵而犹豫不决。
来源: Travel English for Going AbroadWhy would they balk at a chance to topple him?
为什么他们不借机推翻他？
来源: NPR News September 2019 CompilationBut they “balk at assuming the risks and burdens” that global leadership entails.
但是“他们想要避免领导全球所必须承担的风险和负担”。
来源: The Economist - ArtsThen he balked at his bonus one year and got popped.
有一年他拒绝了他的奖金 离开了公司。
来源: Billions Season 1The gods balked at this request and were ready to send him away.
众神拒绝了这个要求，准备将他送走。
来源: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected SpeechesYet historians often balk at telling the tumultuous, ideologically charged story in one go.
然而，历史学家往往不愿一口气叙述完这段混乱且充满意识形态色彩的历史。
来源: The Economist - ArtsMany potential applicants, she said, balked at the sticker price, and did not investigate further.
她说，许多潜在申请者面对标价犹豫不决，也没有进一步调查。
来源: New York TimesThe CIA balked, Sater claims, and the group retreated to Dushanbe, then back to Moscow.
中情局不同意，所以他们退到杜尚别，之后又返回莫斯科。
来源: NewsweekSome may balk at the idea of limiting dual nationality.
有些国家可能会对限制双重国籍的想法犹豫不决。
来源: The Economist (Summary)It is too much to be balked by so petty an obstacle, when all else had been overcome.
所有的大困难都已经克服了，现在反而叫一个很不算什么的障碍给难住了，未免叫人太不甘心。
来源: The Sign of the Foura balk to one's plans
计划中的障碍
The horse balked at the jump.
这匹马突然停下来不前进
They balked the robber's plan.
他们使强盗的计划受到挫败。
He balked in his speech.
他忽然中断讲演。
She balked at the very idea of compromise.
她固执地拒绝妥协的想法
They braced up the old house with balks of timber.
他们用梁木加固旧房子。
I wanted to buy the dress, but I balked at the high price.
我本想买这件连衣裙, 但一看价钱太高就犹豫了。
It was a fine apartment in which we found ourselves, large, lofty, and heavily raftered with huge balks of age-blackened oak.
我们所在的房间确是华美，又高又大，因年代久远而变成了黑色的椽木巨梁密密地排着。
I wanted to buy the blouse , but I balked at the high price.
我想买件上衣，但因价格太贵而犹豫不决。
来源: Travel English for Going AbroadWhy would they balk at a chance to topple him?
为什么他们不借机推翻他？
来源: NPR News September 2019 CompilationBut they “balk at assuming the risks and burdens” that global leadership entails.
但是“他们想要避免领导全球所必须承担的风险和负担”。
来源: The Economist - ArtsThen he balked at his bonus one year and got popped.
有一年他拒绝了他的奖金 离开了公司。
来源: Billions Season 1The gods balked at this request and were ready to send him away.
众神拒绝了这个要求，准备将他送走。
来源: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected SpeechesYet historians often balk at telling the tumultuous, ideologically charged story in one go.
然而，历史学家往往不愿一口气叙述完这段混乱且充满意识形态色彩的历史。
来源: The Economist - ArtsMany potential applicants, she said, balked at the sticker price, and did not investigate further.
她说，许多潜在申请者面对标价犹豫不决，也没有进一步调查。
来源: New York TimesThe CIA balked, Sater claims, and the group retreated to Dushanbe, then back to Moscow.
中情局不同意，所以他们退到杜尚别，之后又返回莫斯科。
来源: NewsweekSome may balk at the idea of limiting dual nationality.
有些国家可能会对限制双重国籍的想法犹豫不决。
来源: The Economist (Summary)It is too much to be balked by so petty an obstacle, when all else had been overcome.
所有的大困难都已经克服了，现在反而叫一个很不算什么的障碍给难住了，未免叫人太不甘心。
来源: The Sign of the Four探索常用高频词汇