reluctance

英 [rɪ'lʌktəns]

美 [rɪ'lʌktəns]

n.  不情愿; 磁阻; 厌恶; 反抗 (to; at)

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BNC.5608 / COCA.6979

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 勉强的;不情愿的
  If you arereluctant todo something, you are unwilling to do it and hesitate before doing it, or do it slowly and without enthusiasm.
  1. Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help...
     斯佩罗先生不愿意寻求帮助。
  2. The police are very reluctant to get involved in this sort of thing.
     警方很不愿意卷入这类事情。

英英释义

noun

• a certain degree of unwillingness
  1. a reluctance to commit himself
  2. his hesitancy revealed his basic indisposition
  3. after some hesitation he agreed
  Synonym:hesitancyhesitationdisinclinationindisposition
• (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

双语例句

• Low interest rates and a reluctance to take risk had a significant impact upon Asian investor behaviour throughout 2012.
  2012年期间，低利率和不愿冒险对亚洲投资者的行为产生了重大影响。
• There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
  没有比建议更让我们不情愿接受的了。
• They parted with reluctance.
  他们依依不舍地分手了。
• The evidence is blurred by central banks 'reluctance to reveal their blunders.
  由于中央银行不愿意公开自己的愚蠢错误，证据并不清楚。
• Their reluctance is not simply to do with economic risk.
  他们不愿让货币贬值，并非只与经济风险有关。
• Carmen's reluctance to fall in with Driver's plans led to trouble.
  卡门不愿接受德赖弗的计划，由此引来了麻烦。
• He showed some reluctance at first, but finally consented.
  起初他好象有点不大情愿，但最后还是同意了。
• We understand your reluctance to take this case.
  我们理解你不愿意接受这个案子。
• I wonder if he sensed my reluctance to be seen with him during our walks.
  我想知道他是否感觉了我的勉强将看见与他在我们的步行期间。
• He agreed, but with reluctance.
  他同意了，但很勉强。