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小词详解 | balk
baulk 英 [bɔːk] 美 [bɔːk]
Brazil balked at proposals intended to prevent double-counting in such trading, because it believed they penalised its large stockpile of carbon-trading instruments, such as promises not to chop down patches of the Amazon.
巴西拒绝了旨在防止在碳交易中出现重复计算的提议,因为它认为这些提议对自己储备的大量碳交易工具不利,比如承诺不砍伐亚马逊一些地区的雨林。
——《经济学人》For months, Washington has been warning allies of security risks associated with Huawei, but several countries balked at its assessment.
数月以来,华盛顿一直在就华为相关的安全风险向盟友提出警告,但几个国家拒不接受这样的评估。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 犹豫或者不愿接受某个想法或承诺
这对他们来说是一个挫折。
This was a balk to them.
小牛逡巡着不肯爬上山去。
The calf balked at climbing the hillside.
绑架企图为警方所挫。
The kidnapping attempt was balked by the police.想到要与他一起在火车上度过4个小时,我心里就犯嘀咕。
I balked at the prospect of spending four hours on a train with him.
Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions.
有着强大魄力的总统处事果敢。他们不会对不受欢迎的决定犹豫不决。
eschew: deliberately avoid using; abstain from demur: raise doubts or objections or show reluctance disdain: refuse or reject (something) out of feelings of pride or superiority