音标:['bɔ:kt] ;
v. 畏缩不前, 犹豫( balk的过去式和过去分词 ); (指马)不肯跑
imp. & p. p. of Balk

From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. Sarah Palins charging up a crowd of Tea Party activists in Nevada where people are launching a national bus tour to protest the new health care overhaul law. On a windy day in Searchlight today, Palin to

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 2010年NPR美国国家公共电台3月

balk v (马)不肯前进;(因困难等固执地或突然地)拒绝从事某事=baffle=foil=thwart;n 大方木料;(足球中的)假动作 【例】The horse balked at the jump 这马突然停下来了。He balked at the idea of

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当地时间4月1日上午,美国总统奥巴马和夫人米歇尔抵达唐宁街10号首相府,与英国首相布朗会面。当被记者问及美国是否应该对当前的经济危机负有责任,奥巴马表示,他宁愿向前看,不愿向后看。他对美国的经济体制毫不担心。 但就在二十国集团金融峰会即将召开前夕,法国总

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the US has risen to more than 175 in 26 states. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says most of the cases in this country have been mild co

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US farmer-soldiers assist Afghan farmers with crops like this small purple flower, which is being raised for saffron, the valuable spice the bloom produces. While U.S. forces battle daily with Taliban insurgents and try to uproot Al Qaeda terrorists,

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The Arab world, in particular North Africa, has been riveted by the events in Tunisia, and many in the region see parallels to the stifling conditions they endure. But conditions vary greatly among the countries and could play a major role in how dis

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Hello everyone, I'm Creshon Saunders at the CNN.com newsroom in Atlanta. Here's a look at what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. Maryland police are investigating a deadly street racing accident that happened early this morning in Prince Georgia's county

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18th-century courtship 18世纪的窈窕淑女,君子好逑 An inept Pygmalion 笨手笨脚的皮格马利翁 A darkly amusing tale about the struggle to create the perfect wife 让人苦笑的故事:努力为自己打造一个完美妻子 How to

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Germanys obstinate chancellor 固执的德国总理 Angela Merkel, swimming instructor 游泳教练安吉拉默克尔 When it comes to the euro, the German chancellor prefers self-help to helpbut she can be more flexible than she seems 德国总理在欧

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GWEN IFILL: Racial tensions and police use of force dominated the nation's agenda today, after the latest high-profile case involving a white officer and a black victim. This time, it happened in New York. But new calls for calm and new cries of ange

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Don't you know me, Linda? 你不认识我了吗,琳妲? He felt the faint answering pressure of her hand. 他隐约感觉到了她的手在捏紧,作为回答。 The tears started into his eyes. He bent over her and kissed her. Her lips moved. 泪

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Like many fashion-loving young women on a budget, I went crazy over Beijing's clothing markets. You can bargain a pair of cargo pants down to $5? Get a skirt for $3 and a scarf for just $1.50? I had never before seen such an enormous amount of inexpe

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Well, back in the days of the Reagan administration, there was a big flap over the governments effort to classify ketchup as a vegetable for the purposes of this nations school lunch program. It didnt work then. But now theres a new fight over pizza

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How to Get Answers to 5 Key Questions Before Taking a Job 在接受一份工作前该怎样得到5大关键问题的答案 Three times during his career, Leslie G. Griffen has asked a prospectiveemployer whether he can walk around the company and tal

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[1] Iraqis are looking forward to Sunday's elections, but some fear possible chaos. The vote is Iraq's second nationwide election and comes at a vastly different time than the first in 2005. US troops have all but vanished from streets, but attacks c

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On his first Thursday back at Apple, Jobs called for a telephonic board meeting and outlined the problem. 在回到苹果的第一个周四,乔布斯召集了董事会电话会议,提出了这个问题。 The directors balked. They asked for time

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Major U.S. and European stock exchanges plunged Wednesday and Italy's borrowing costs jumped, as the long shadow of the continent's debt crisis consumed the Greek and Italian governments. Key stock markets in New York, London, Paris and Frankfurt all

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Mirrors are destroying our nation's productivity, the dictator said in a nationwide broadcast. Too many people are spending too much time looking in too many mirrors. Everybody wants to be on TV or in the movies, or look like somebody on TV or in the

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After a few potential purchasers balked in the fall of 1985, 1985年秋,在一些潜在买家都踌躇不决时, Catmull and his colleague Alvy Ray Smith decided to seek investors so that they could buy the division themselves. 卡特穆尔和联合

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lesson – 4 1. His long service with the company was _____ with a present . A . admitted B . acknowledge C. attributed D. identified Acknowledge 承认,告知,感谢 admit 承认 commit 委托,犯

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