mid 17th cent. (in the sense writhing, offering opposition): from Latin reluctant-struggling against, from the verb reluctari, from re-(expressing intensive force) + luctarito struggle
英英釋義網(wǎng)絡(luò)釋義
noun
1.unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom;
a reluctant smile
2.unwilling to become involved;
they were usually reluctant to socialize
3.not eager;
foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways
-reluctant
1 . 舍不得
am reluctantto let him leave ., 我舍不得讓他離開.
2 . 不愿意
"Pig farmers kept losing money and now they are reluctant(不愿意) to raise pigs," said Xu Lianzhong, a senior economist (經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家).21ST, Pork.
3 . 勉強(qiáng)的
descent n. 1. 血統(tǒng),出身 2. 斜坡3. 下降reluctanta. 不愿意的,勉強(qiáng)的voluntary a. 自愿的