Even biology undergraduates may balk at animal experiments. [VERB + at]

面对动物实验，哪怕是生物专业的大学生也会畏缩。

Last October the bank balked, alarmed that a $24m profit had turned into a $20m deficit. [VERB]

去年10月，由于对2,400万美元的利润变成了2,000万的亏损感到担心，这家银行畏缩了。