balky 英 ['bɔːlkɪ;'bɔːkɪ]   美 ['bɔlki]

balky

balky  英 ['bɔːlkɪ;'bɔːkɪ] 美 ['bɔlki]

adj. 停蹄不前的;倔强的;不愿干的 

The camera has an LED flash, which helps at close range at night, but the camera itself is balky and slow to focus and fire. 照相机有一个 LED 闪光灯,在夜晚照近距离相片时很有用,但是,照相机本身迟缓,对焦和拍照都比较慢。
But the United States and its allies ran into the same problem the Iranians have grappled with: the P-1 is a balky, badly designed machine. 但是美国及其盟友也遇到了让伊朗人棘手的同样问题:P-1是一种设计不良的顽劣机器。

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  • adj. 停蹄不前的;倔强的;不愿干的
  • 1. The camera has an LED flash, which helps at close range at night, but the camera itself is balky and slow to focus and fire.

    照相机有一个 LED 闪光灯,在夜晚照近距离相片时很有用,但是,照相机本身迟缓,对焦和拍照都比较慢。

  • 2. But the United States and its allies ran into the same problem the Iranians have grappled with: the P-1 is a balky, badly designed machine.

    但是美国及其盟友也遇到了让伊朗人棘手的同样问题:P-1是一种设计不良的顽劣机器。

  • 3. Whatever the demerits of microfilm as a storage medium (and it is notoriously balky, difficult stuff), at least it had a certain durability that the print article lacked.

    无论微缩胶片具有多少缺点(它是有名的倔强、不好使用的东西),最少它具有印刷品所缺乏的耐久性。

  • balky (adj.) "apt to stop abruptly and refuse to move," 1847, from balk (n.) + -y (2). Related: Balkily; balkiness.
balky / ˈbɔːlki ; NAmE ˈbɔːlki / / ˈbɔːki ; NAmE ˈbɔːki / adjective ( NAmE) (of a person or machine 人或机器 ) refusing or failing to do what you want them to do 倔强的;不听使唤的 balky balkier balkiest balky / ˈbɔːlki ; NAmE ˈbɔːlki /
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