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Israel balked at freeing men responsible for suicide-bombings and other terror attacks during the first intifada .

以色列对于是否释放对第一次暴动期间自杀性炸弹及其它恐怖袭击负有负责的人员犹豫不决。

When kiev balked at a price hike for 2009 , gazprom cut ukraine 's share from the pipeline .

当基辅为2009年涨价犹豫不决时，俄罗斯天然气工业公司从管道中拿掉了乌克兰的份额。

And its customers balked at paying for being spared the torment of supermarket shopping .

而且客户（还可以）拒绝付款以避免超市购物最痛苦的部分。

Well before the credit crunch some fretted that a collapse in the currency and a jump in treasury-bond yields , as foreigners balked at funding america 's current-account deficit , would precipitate an economic crisis .

在信贷危机之前，外国投资者拒绝投资美国经常帐目赤字时，就有人担忧因此带来的美元崩溃和国债收益率下降将促使经济危机的发生。

Germany wanted sanctions against colonel qaddafi , but balked when they failed to stop him .

德国希望对卡扎菲上校进行制裁，但在大国对卡扎菲的阻止失败时犹豫不前。