reluctant

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not wanting to take some action; unwilling to do something.
    — She was reluctant to lend him the money
  2. Contrary; defiant; refractory. archaic
    — Whence we must infer, that the least stir of tumult or rebellion against the Prince is reluctant to all the Ordinances of Heaven, is an abortive product of Hell against the pure dictates of nature […]
  3. Tending to match as little text as possible.

词形变化

more reluctant comparative most reluctant superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
reluctancy reluctant dragon unreluctant
相关词
reluctance reluctantly

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin reluctāns (whence -ant), present participle of reluctor (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”), from re- (“back”) + luctor (“to struggle”) (whence re-.
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