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单词 reluctance
释义
reluctance
noun[SorU]
uk
/rɪˈlʌk.təns/us
/rɪˈlʌk.təns/
anunwillingnessto do something:
勉强；不情愿
Iacceptedhisresignationwithgreatreluctance.我极不情愿地接受了他的辞呈。
[+ to infinitive]Her reluctancetotalkto thepresswasquiteunderstandable.她不愿意对媒体说什么，这是很容易理解的。
More examples
  • Her reluctance tocontributefinanciallyis going tocauseproblemsfor us.
  • Ifullyunderstandhis reluctance toleavehischildren.
  • I don'tunderstandher reluctance to come.
  • Hetriedtoexplainhis reluctance to getinvolved.
  • The reluctance of eithersidetocompromisemeansthat thetalksaredoomedtofail.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Unwilling and reluctant
  • arsed
  • balk
  • baulk
  • be blowed if...idiom
  • be in no mood forsomething/to dosomethingidiom
  • begrudge
  • compassion fatigue
  • deign
  • disinclination
  • disinclined
  • disobliging
  • fag
  • indisposed
  • indisposition
  • not have the heart todo somethingidiom
  • not have the stomach forsomethingidiom
  • ratheryouthanmeidiom
  • reluctant
  • reluctantly
  • wouldn't
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(Definition ofreluctancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreluctance

reluctance
Physician attitudes and concerns were relatively more correlated with their ratings ofreluctanceto prescribe than with their actual frequency of prescribing.
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In contrast, it exhibited thereluctanceof local officials to implement laws and regulations that went against local sentiments.
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This reasoning might explain thereluctanceof most migrants to move to the towns.
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Both kings signalled theirreluctanceto create peers in order to enact the programme of the elected government.
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It is common for proper names to be used with greatreluctance, for fear of giving offense or somehow intruding on a person's mystical selfhood.
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This is consistent with theirreluctanceto see the regulatory frameworks and concession contracts modified or renegotiated.
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Perhaps this is because there is areluctanceto become involved in physical experimentation with these materials and recognition of the high costs involved.
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Seen in this light some men'sreluctanceto pay child support becomes understandable.
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Given itsreluctanceto get involved and priority on trade, a compromise approach would have been within reach.
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Thereluctanceof some rabbis matched the zeal of others for drastic punishments.
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Were these responsible for peculiar labor market phenomena like layoffs and thereluctanceof employers to reduce wages?
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Perhaps these considerations make thereluctanceof the senior worker more acceptable than in the case of the tax-averse highly productive worker.
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The most commonly reported reason for not recommending hospice was patient'sreluctanceto accept diagnosis or resistance from family members.
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It is the two-pronged strategy that has led to private entrepreneurs'reluctanceto play an important role in the transition from authoritarianism to democracy.
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The low switching rate is explained by limited real options and similarity in the sickness funds functioning, andreluctanceto change providers.
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Collocationswithreluctance

reluctance

These are words often used in combination withreluctance.

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apparent reluctance
There remains a faint whiff of scientism in the apparent reluctance of science and technology researchers to move away from some of the more cherished examples of the field.
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considerable reluctance
There must be considerable reluctance to reject it.
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extreme reluctance
Both ideas were soon discarded since the increments in fish stress and their extreme reluctance to approach the system.
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