reluctant是什么意思？

reluctant

英[rɪˈlʌktənt] 美[rɪˈlʌktənt]

• adj. 不情愿的，勉强的，顽抗的，难处理的，厌恶的；

比较级：more reluctant;

最高级：most reluctant;

副词：reluctantly;

名词：reluctance;

例句

• The police are reluctant to step in. 警察不愿插手干预。
• He was reluctant to strike such an undignified pose before his girlfriend. 他不愿意在女友面前摆出这种有失尊严的姿态。
• Children are sometimes understandably reluctant to wear glasses that are ugly or uncomfortable. 孩子们有时不愿意戴难看或不舒服的眼镜， 这是可以理解的。
• I am reluctant about asking him to do this. 我极不愿意让他去干此事。
• He gave me a reluctant assistance. 他很不情愿地给了我帮助。
• The workers are reluctant to be ordered around by the employers. 工人们不愿被雇主们差来遣去地随便使唤。
• Occasionally, one would stick to the glass, as if reluctant to tumble to its fate. 偶尔, 有一片雪花粘在窗玻璃上, 似乎是不甘心于命运,不愿就这么落到地上去.
• Democrats were reluctant to take on a president whose popularity ratings were historically high... 民主党人不愿与一位有史以来民众支持率最高的总统较量。
• Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help. 斯佩罗先生不愿意寻求帮助。
• It advises salesmen to talk round reluctant customers over a cup of tea. 它建议销售人员和犹豫不决、不愿购买的顾客一边喝茶，一边说服他们。

同义词

• adj.
  reluctant的同义词之：不愿的;勉强的
  disinclined, unwilling, loath, grudging,
• reluctant的同义词之：其他释义
  indisposed, involuntary, averse, diffident, resistant, unwilling, backward, disinclined, loath, grudging,

反义词

• adj.
  reluctant的反义词之：不情愿的;勉强的
  willing,
• reluctant的反义词之：其他释义
  willing, cheerful,

同义词解析

• 以下这两个形容词均有"不情愿的，不愿意的" 的意思
  unwilling：语气强烈，指有力的否定、拒绝。也可指被牵涉于非本意之事。
  reluctant：指做不赞同的，不很乐意的或害怕的事，有时也指坚决反对某事。

英语四级真题

They are reluctant to give up their personal information.
出自-2012年6月阅读原文
And instead, I grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally independent and consequently became very reluctant to ask for help.
出自-2011年12月听力原文

英语六级真题

And instead, I grew up believing that I was supposed to be totally independent and consequently became very reluctant to ask for help.
出自-2011年12月听力原文
For example, the shortage of young adults is likely to make countries more reluctant to commit the few they have to military service.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  勉强的;不情愿的
  If you are reluctant to do something, you are unwilling to do it and hesitate before doing it, or do it slowly and without enthusiasm.
  例句
  Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help... 斯佩罗先生不愿意寻求帮助。 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。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  不情愿的, 勉强的
  He gave me a reluctant assistance. 他很不情愿地给了我帮助。 I am reluctant about asking him to do this. 我极不愿意让他去干此事。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom;
  "a reluctant smile""loath to admit a mistake""unwilling to face facts"
  2. unwilling to become involved;
  "they were usually reluctant to socialize""reluctant to help"
  3. not eager;
  "foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways""fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him""reluctant to help"