reluctance 词态变化
副词: reluctantly;形容词: reluctant;
reluctance 英文词源
- reluctance (n.)
- 1640s, "act of struggling against," from obsolete verb reluct "to struggle or rebel against" (1520s), from Latin reluctari "to struggle against, resist, make opposition," from re- "against" (see re-) + luctari "to struggle, wrestle," perhaps shares a common origin with Greek lygos "pliant twig," lygizein "to bend, twist," Old English locc "twist of hair" (see lock (n.2)). Meaning "unwillingness" is first attested 1660s. Related: Reluctancy (1620s.).
reluctance 英文释义
- 1. (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
- 2. a certain degree of unwillingness;
- "a reluctance to commit himself"
- "after some hesitation he agreed"
reluctance 双语例句
- 1. "All right, I can manage a fiver," McMinn said with reluctance.
- 麦克明不情愿地说:“好吧,我可以出5镑。”
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- 2. Troops were displaying an obvious reluctance to get involved in quashing demonstrations.
- 部队显然并不愿意参与镇压示威游行。
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- 3. Ministers have shown extreme reluctance to explain their position to the media.
- 部长们极不情愿向媒体解释他们的立场。
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- 4. 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。
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- 5. Carmen's reluctance to fall in with Driver'splans led to trouble.
- 卡门不愿接受德赖弗的计划,由此引来了麻烦。
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reluctance 实用场景例句
- "All right, I can manage a fiver," McMinn said with reluctance.
- 麦克明不情愿地说:“好吧,我可以出5镑。”
柯林斯例句
- Ministers have shown extreme reluctance to explain their position to the media.
- 部长们极不情愿向媒体解释他们的立场。
柯林斯例句
- He agreed, but with reluctance.
- 他同意了,但很勉强。
柯林斯例句
- The police released Andrew with reluctance.
- 警方勉强把安德鲁放走了.
《简明英汉词典》
- They parted with reluctance.
- 他们依依不舍地分手了.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- These political tensions explain the reluctance of financiers to invest in the region.
- 政局的紧张使金融家不愿意在该地区投资.
《简明英汉词典》
- Then, with reluctance: " I want to get the grass cut, " he said.
- 然后, 他勉强地说: “ 我要让人把草地平整一下. ”
英汉文学 - 盖茨比
- The reluctance to go home was not confined to wayward men.
- 舍不得回家的并不限于任性的男客.
英汉文学 - 盖茨比
- Haley, with visible reluctance, handed over the fifty dollars to Tom.
- 海利很不乐意地交给汤姆五十块钱.
辞典例句
- She made a great show of reluctance, but finally accepted our offer.
- 她对我们的建议做出极不满意的样子, 但最后还是接受了.
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- He showed great reluctance to accept the responsibility thrust upon him.
- 对强加给他的责任,他不乐于承担.
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- He showed the greatest reluctance to make a reply.
- 他表示很不愿意答复.
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- But she shrank with peculiar reluctance from any risk of estranging it.
- 但她一向小心翼翼,唯恐失掉它.
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- The animal is usually presented with a history of reluctance to eat.
- 动物常有拒绝采食的病史.
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- We understand your reluctance to take this case.
- 我们理解你不愿意接受这个案子.
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