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balk

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balk (also baulk British English) /bɔːk, bɔːlk $ bɒːk, bɒːlk/ verb  
1 [intransitiveI]NOT DO something to not want to do or try something, because it seems difficult, unpleasant, or frightening 畏缩不前,犹豫
balk at
 Many people would balk at setting up a new business during a recession.
经济衰退的时候,许多人都不愿开新公司。
 Westerners balk at the prospect of snake on the menu.
想到菜单上可能有蛇肉菜肴,西方人就会犹豫回避。
2. [intransitiveI] if a horse balks at a fence, it stops in front of it and refuses to jump over it 〔马在障碍物前〕突然止步,拒绝跳跃
3. [intransitiveI] American EnglishAmEDSB in baseball, to stop in the middle of the action of throwing the ball to the player who is trying to hit it 〔棒球投手在投球时〕做假动作,佯投
4. [transitiveT] formalSTOP something THAT IS HAPPENING to stop someone or something from getting or achieving what they want 阻止,妨碍
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Origin balk
(1400-1500) balk raised area that gets in the way of forward movement ((15-21 centuries)), from Old English balca pile of things on the ground
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