I wanted to buy the blouse , but I balked at the high price.

我想买件上衣，但因价格太贵而犹豫不决。

Why would they balk at a chance to topple him?

为什么他们不借机推翻他？

But they “balk at assuming the risks and burdens” that global leadership entails.

但是“他们想要避免领导全球所必须承担的风险和负担”。

Then he balked at his bonus one year and got popped.

有一年他拒绝了他的奖金 离开了公司。

The gods balked at this request and were ready to send him away.

众神拒绝了这个要求，准备将他送走。

Yet historians often balk at telling the tumultuous, ideologically charged story in one go.

然而，历史学家往往不愿一口气叙述完这段混乱且充满意识形态色彩的历史。

Many potential applicants, she said, balked at the sticker price, and did not investigate further.

她说，许多潜在申请者面对标价犹豫不决，也没有进一步调查。

The CIA balked, Sater claims, and the group retreated to Dushanbe, then back to Moscow.

中情局不同意，所以他们退到杜尚别，之后又返回莫斯科。

Some may balk at the idea of limiting dual nationality.

有些国家可能会对限制双重国籍的想法犹豫不决。

It is too much to be balked by so petty an obstacle, when all else had been overcome.

所有的大困难都已经克服了，现在反而叫一个很不算什么的障碍给难住了，未免叫人太不甘心。