balk at
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畏缩，回避；
双语例句
He winces at the memory of that defeat.
一想到那次失败他就畏缩了。
Everybody flinched at his tactlessness, but he went on regardless.
大家看到他直言直说而不免畏缩起来但他不予理会继续说下去。
权威例句
Vermonters balk at reform optionsCustomers balk at variable DVD pricing
Universities Balk at OMB Funding Rules
Retailers Balk At DTV/Cable Labeling Deal
Hospitals balk at mortality report results.
Scientific leaders balk at broad data release.
Japanese labs balk at bid to boost external evaluation
Ethicists balk at new emergency trials that skip informed consent
INDIRECT COSTS: Universities Balk at OMB Funding Rules
Proposal to Fight Crime Hits Snag; Council Members Balk at Mayor's $8.7 Million Plan for Nonprofit Foundation
1. Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments.
即使是生物专业的大学生都可能会反对动物实验。
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2. To emancipate all mankind, we will balk at no sacrifice. even that of our lives.
为了全人类的解放，即使牺牲生命也在所不惜。
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3. So, how can you show you won't balk at spreadsheets and graphs?
所以，你如何证明你不会在电子数据表和图表方面畏缩不前呢？
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4. China and Russia, though they voted for UN sanctions on Colonel Qaddafi in the Security Council, presently balk at a no-fly zone, let alone armed intervention by troops.
中国与俄罗斯尽管在联合国安理会上同意制裁卡扎菲，但现在仍然犹豫是否要建立禁飞区，更不用说派驻武装部队了。
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5. It's been around since 2001, making it positively fossile-like in computer years, but companies (including this one) continue to balk at the expense and possible pain of upgrading the OS.
那已经是大概2001年的事了，对电脑界来说算是陈年往事了。但是企业们(包括我们)一直都在因为升级操作系统可能带来的花费和痛苦而犹豫不决。
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6. But there must be a price that even San Franciscans would balk at paying to reduce their waste.
不过，当减少废品浪费的价钱高到了一定程度以后，就连圣弗朗西斯科也是会开始犹豫的。
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7. And Hamas leaders, though desperate for a ceasefire, will balk at any deal that reeks of capitulation.
哈马斯领导人尽管极需停火，但他们会阻止任何可能让他们背上投降恶名的交易。
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8. Eventually burgeoning debt will limit the room for fiscal manoeuvre, and politicians may balk at renewed stimulus long before then.
最终不断增加的债务将会限制财政政策回旋的余地，并且早在那之前政客可能就已经阻止继续财政刺激的计划。
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9. A state whose ship was not attacked, and whose only involvement with the incident was as rescuer, might balk at being asked to foot the bill for lengthy and costly proceedings.
船只没有被攻击过，或者只是扮演救援角色的国家，在被要求为冗长而代价不菲的诉讼程序买单时，都可能变得踌躇不决。
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10. Congress may still balk at this. Many Republicans remain opposed to Detroit getting more cash under any circumstances.
国会对此可能仍然犹豫不决，许多共和党人依然反对底特律在任何情况下得到更多的现金。
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11. Not unexpectedly, some managers think women with family responsibilities would balk at such demands, and it is hardly to the discredit of thousands of Wal-Mart women that they may be right.
理所当然，一些经理认为有家庭责任感得女性员工面对如此需求会畏缩不前，成千上万的女员工也很少不怀疑这样选择的正确性。
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12. Failure is a pain, and some people balk at it and dare not move on.
失败是一种痛苦，有人因为害怕失败，所以不敢行动。
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13. It is usually patients not doctors who balk at the sight of a medical instrument being unwrapped.
看到没有包裹起来的医疗用具，畏畏缩缩的通常都是病患，而不是医生。
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14. Even confident investors, however, may balk at how much debt they will soon be asked to buy.
但是，即使是有信心的投资者，也许也会回避他们即将要买多少债券的问题。
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15. True believers in the Olympic spirit might balk at this.
真正信仰奥林匹克精神的人会回避这点。
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16. Both sides still balk at his draft document's latest wording.
双方仍就他的文件初稿里的最新措辞犹豫不决。
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17. Christopher McKenna, a historian of consulting at Oxford University, says clients may balk at paying handsomely for a “young punk” of a consultant.
牛津大学的历史顾问说，顾客不会心甘情愿对一位“年轻小混混”一样的咨询价付一大笔钱的。
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18. What happens when factory workers begin to demand a more Western living standard, and miners balk at descending into industrial death traps?
当一个工厂工人开始向往更加优质的生活水准，而矿工的工作环境依然得不到改善的时候会发生什么？
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19. But while many of Japan's older voters favor jettisoning the LDP, they may balk at its more ambitious changes.
不过，虽然日本许多中、老年选民倾向于抛弃自民党，但他们却对更加雄心勃勃的变革持保留态度。
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20. Of course, donor countries might balk at combating absolute poverty in countries rich enough to handle the problem themselves.
当然，捐助国也许不会向富裕国家捐赠，因为他们本身就有足够的资金解决自身贫困问题。
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21. If investors balk at buying commercial paper, then Banks will have to find money elsewhere to pay debts maturing in coming months.
如果投资者不愿意购买商业票据，银行就得另寻资金兑付未来几个月即将到期的债券。
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22. As individuals we don't so much hate inflation for the rising prices as much as we balk at it because our chances to capture good jobs and good wages are compromised for capital essentially hiding.
作为个体，我们对于通胀并无太多憎恨，但令人踌躇的是，我们得到好工作和好报酬的机会要在资本的藏匿面前妥协。
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23. Some analysts say that if consumers balk at price increases, piracy could grow rapidly.
一些分析家指出，如果消费者因价格的增加而退缩购买，盗版会迅速蔓延。
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24. In this case, although finance directors (and many voters) might balk at buying the homeless caravans, the savings should outweigh the costs.
虽然财务经理(和其他选民)也许不愿给流浪汉买大篷车，但是那样的话救助基金会比这种花费还要高。
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25. Jurors increasingly balk at imposing the death penalty, even when they are convinced of a defendant's guilt.
陪审员们越来越不愿意判定死刑，即使他们确认被告犯有死罪。
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26. Having grown up at a time when attitudes towards children were stricter, I sometimes balk at today's indulgence.
随着年龄的增长，我对小孩的态度也愈加严格起来，有时候我对今天孩子们的耽于娱乐，总是不敢苟同。
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27. While many people swear by it for mundane tasks like security and logging, others balk at injecting code that cannot be easily viewed in the source.
很多人一边诅咒着那些需要重复实现的任务，例如安全与日志；一方面又由于注入代码在源代码中无法清晰可见，而回避AOP。
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28. While many people swear by it for mundane tasks like security and logging, others balk at injecting code that cannot be easily viewed in the source.
很多人一边诅咒着那些需要重复实现的任务，例如安全与日志；一方面又由于注入代码在源代码中无法清晰可见，而回避AOP。
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