baulks

baulks

美 　英

• n.障碍；阻滞；梁木；动作失败
• v.阻止；突然停止；退缩
• 网络阻碍；错误；摆动杆

词形变化

复数：baulks  现在分词：baulking  过去分词：baulked  

英汉解释

n.	1. 障碍;挫折,阻扰,阻滞 2. 大梁,梁木 3. 动作失败 4. 田埂 5. 发球时一方扰乱对方 6. 拒走,拒跳 7. 突然停止 8. 横向系杆 9. 投手犯规行为
v.	1. 阻止 2. 突然停止 3. 退缩

英英解释

n.

1. something that hinders or frustrates 2. a large squared wooden beam 3. a wooden tie beam in the roof of a house 4. a ridge of land left unploughed to serve as a boundary or to counter erosion 5. in baseball, an illegal motion in which the pitcher pretends to throw the ball towards the plate or to a base but does not release it 6. the area between the baulk line and the bottom cushion on a billiard table, or in baulk-line billiards between any baulk line and the cushion 7. a shot from behind the baulk line on a billiards table

v.

1. to hesitate over something or be unwilling to do something, usually because of moral scruples or a natural aversion 2. to refuse to tackle something that presents a difficulty 3. to stop suddenly and refuse to go on, especially when faced with an obstacle 4. to prevent somebody from carrying out a plan or intention 5. in baseball, to make an illegal motion by pretending to pitch but not actually throwing the ball 6. to be unwilling to do something or let something happen, because you believe it is wrong or that it will cause problems

例句

Most of all, China also baulks at the sort of leadership role the US appears to want it to take on.

最重要的是，中国也不愿扮演美国希望其接受的领导角色。

The commission, however, baulks at the intellectual logic of its own diagnosis.

不过，该委员会对自身诊断的智力逻辑也有所迟疑。