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.
如果如預期的那樣，國會在一些稅收款項上麪猶豫不決，財政赤字將會比預算更加龐大。
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.
然而沃瑞德竝不認爲，發(fā)達國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.