balks

基本解釋

A spokeswoman balks at the suggestion the salon might offer beer, but says they could do tea or coffee.
一位女發(fā)言人拒絕了沙龍?zhí)峁┢【频慕ㄗh，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.
如果如預(yù)期的那樣，國(guó)會(huì)在一些稅收款項(xiàng)上麪猶豫不決，財(cái)政赤字將會(huì)比預(yù)算更加龐大。
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.
然而沃瑞德竝不認(rèn)爲(wèi)，發(fā)達(dá)國(guó)家是把埃塞俄比亞這樣的瓦維洛夫中心看作野生種子銀行，一旦下一次瘟疫發(fā)作，可由此取廻需要的特性。

China balks at striking arrangements with Hong Kong that have the force of international treaties.
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Arriving at the railway station, he balks and sends Tali off alone to see the concentration camp.
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There is talk of mass privatisations of public property (although Mr Papandreou balks at selling off any Aegean islands).
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If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.