Word · Frequency #23905
balk
不愿做；拒绝；犹豫
to be unwilling to do something; to refuse to proceed or allow something
常指对某事感到勉强而拒绝或退缩
- 1.
To be unwilling to do something; to refuse to proceed or do or allow something, either in general or only temporarily.
不愿意做某事；拒绝进行或允许某事
- 2.
To move fitfully, stopping frequently.
断断续续地移动
- 3.
To leave or make a balk or balks (ridges) in; to leave a ridge in by leaving partly unploughed.
留下或制造田埂
- 4.
To stop, check, block (by or as if by an obstacle); to hinder, impede, thwart.
阻止,妨碍
- 5.
To disappoint, frustrate, or check.
使失望,挫败
- 6.
To make a balk, a deceptive motion to deceive another player.
做假动作以欺骗其他玩家
阻止；阻碍；妨碍；使失望；使受挫；走走停停；踌躇不前；（棒球投手）做假动作；（犁地时）留下未犁的垄
In use
She balked at the price of the new car.
The horse balked at the jump and refused to move forward.
He balked when asked to tell a lie.
Verb forms
base balk · third person balks · -ing balking · past balked · past participle balked
常见于短语 balk at
Connections
Collocations
- balk at the cost
- 对费用望而却步
- Many families balk at the cost of private education.许多家庭对私立教育的费用望而却步。
- balk at the idea
- 不愿接受这个想法
- He balked at the idea of working overtime.他不愿接受加班的想法。
- balk at paying
- 不愿支付
- Some customers balk at paying such high fees.有些顾客不愿支付这么高的费用。
- balk at the prospect
- 对前景感到犹豫
- She balked at the prospect of moving abroad alone.她对独自移居国外的前景感到犹豫。
Idioms & figurative uses
- balk at
- 对…犹豫；不愿做（或允许）某事Many commuters balk at the new train fares.许多通勤者对新火车票价感到不满。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一匹马在田埂（balk）前停下，怎么也不肯前进——balk 就是不愿做、拒绝继续。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reporting、formal meetings、cost or price discussions balk 表示“不愿意做某事”时通常用于书面或较正式的场合，多出现在新闻报道、会议以及价格或费用讨论中；日常口语中更常说 refuse 或 be unwilling to。
Grammar Note
及物和不及物动词用法
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 balk 共享拼写结尾 -alk，但发音不同：talk/walk/chalk/stalk 通常读 /tɔːk/、/wɔːk/、/tʃɔːk/、/stɔːk/，而 balk 的给定音标为 /bɒːk/，因此它们只是拼写上的形近词，不构成真正的韵脚；其中的 l 均不发音。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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