reluctant
reluctant
adjective
reluctantly
adverb
语源
adjective
- unwilling and hesitant; disinclined
不情愿的，勉强的
[with infinitive]she seemed reluctant to discuss the matter.
她似乎不愿讨论这件事。
reluctantly
adverb
语源
- 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'
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