balking
n. 慢行,阻行
v. 畏縮不前,猶豫( balk的現在分詞 ); (指馬)不肯跑
If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments...
面對動物實驗,哪怕是生物專業的大學生也會畏縮。
Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a $24m profit had turned into a $20m deficit.
去年10月,由於對2,400萬美元的利潤變成了2,000萬的虧損感到擔心,這家銀行畏縮了。
1. stopping short and refusing to go on;
He picked up a stone and let fly at the balking dog.
他撿起一塊石頭朝那狂吠的狗扔去.