reluctant
adjective /rɪˈlʌktənt/
/rɪˈlʌktənt/
- hesitating before doing something because you do not want to do it or because you are not sure that it is the right thing to do
不情愿的；勉强的 - He finally gave a reluctant smile.
他最后露出了一丝无可奈何的微笑。 - They nodded in reluctant agreement.
他们不太情愿地点头同意了。 - reluctant to do something She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.
她不愿承认自己有错。 - a reluctant hero (= a person who does not want to be called a hero)
不情愿做英雄的英雄
- For a moment, he felt almost reluctant to leave.
他一时感到几乎不愿意离开。 - She was curiously reluctant to talk about the experience.
很奇怪，她不愿谈论那次经历。 - Students may feel reluctant to ask questions.
学生可能不愿意提问。 - The monarchy was notoriously reluctant to embrace change.
那个君主国不愿变革，这点众人皆知。 - He was understandably reluctant to act as a witness.
可以理解，他不愿意充当证人。
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词源mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘writhing, offering opposition’): from Latin reluctant- ‘struggling against’, from the verb reluctari, from re- (expressing intensive force) + luctari ‘to struggle’. - He finally gave a reluctant smile.