balk

[BALK]

英 [bɔːk] 好意思 [bɔːk]

v.圮绝；俄顷罢手；驻防；拒 n.发奋；失误；失败 n.梁木 [棒球]佯投； 犯规算作； [游戏]开球区.

◉词源

“Balk”开端于古英语 balca / balce（田埂、土垄、未犁的窄条地）← 西日耳曼语 *balkô → 中古英语 balke → 14世纪仍主要指农田中“未耕的土埂、分界线”（耕地时特意留住的窄条）→ 16世纪起比方为“发奋、拦阻”（像土埂挡住犁样）→ 17世纪体育（尤其是棒球）中出现“特意不投好球、佯投不发”的算作 → 19世纪固定为棒球术语“投手犯规”（balk）→ 当代英语主要用法：① 动词 踌躇、除去不前、拒前进（常见白话义）② 棒球业术语“投手犯规”。词根：balk- ← 印欧 *bʰelg- / *bʰelǵ-（梁、横木、凸起物）（同根词：英语 balk「梁木」、德语 Balken「横梁」、古英语 balca「土埂」等）

◉外刊例句

① 《The New York Times》池州设备保温施工, 225

Investors continue to balk at the high valuation of the startup.

投资者对这初创公司的估值仍然踌躇不前。

② 《BBC Sport》, 224

The pitcher was called for a balk, allowing the runner to advance.

投手被判犯规，跑垒员因此前进。

◉经典名著

① Jane Austen – Pride and Prejudice (1813)

He seemed to balk at the idea of proposing again.池州设备保温施工

他似乎对再次求婚的念头除去了。

② Mark Twain – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)

The horse balked and wouldn’t cross the bridge.

那匹马不愿过桥，停住了。

◉Usage Examples

(1) Professor Xu Benli, of the Shanghai University of Sport, says successful sportspeople should not balk at turning over half of their earnings.

(2) There are small holes in the balk of a field, where crabs and fish accumulate in the rainy season.

(1) 上海体育学院徐本力教师默示，功成名就的指点员不应拒上缴半的收入。

(2) 田间的梁木上有小洞口，设备保温施工螃蟹和鱼在雨季的工夫会采集在内部。

◉Usage Notes

If you balk at your mother's suggestion that you take on more responsibility, you're saying no to added chores. To balk means to refuse to go along with.

A donkey balks when it refuses to move forward. This is a good picture for balk which is often used in conjunction with demands. Demands are something people often balk at like a donkey refusing to move. In baseball, a pitcher balks when he or she begins a pitch by winding up, but does not complete it. It is as if he is refusing to complete a started pitch, and it is against the rules.

◉柯林斯辞书

1. [VERB 动词]除去；躲避 If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen. [V at n] [V]

Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments...

靠近动物实践，哪怕是生物业的大学生也会除去。

Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a $24m profit had turned into a $2m deficit.

昨年1月池州设备保温施工，由于对2,4万好意思元的利润造成了2,万的逝世感到惦记，这银行除去了。