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单词 reluctantly
释义
reluctantly
adverb
uk
/rɪˈlʌk.tənt.li/us
/rɪˈlʌk.tənt.li/
C1
in a way thatshowsthat you are notwillingto do something and arethereforeslowto do it:
勉强地；不情愿地
She reluctantlyagreedtostepdown asmanagingdirector.她勉强同意辞去总经理的职务。
Reluctantly, he did what Iasked.他不情愿地照我说的做了。
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reluctant
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  • She has reluctantlyagreedtoresign.
  • They reluctantlyallowedher toactin theplay.
  • I reluctantlywithdrewfrom theproject.
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
  • reluctance
  • reluctant
  • wouldn't
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(Definition ofreluctantlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreluctantly

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While national leadersreluctantlyaccepted state reform, they steadfastly refused to consider any modification of their own highly centralised political party structures.
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Then, one day the father contemplates staying at work an extra hour before going home and,reluctantly, decides to stay at work.
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He gave even that undertaking very grumpily andreluctantly.
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Hereluctantlyagreed to see a primary care physician, who discovered two huge solid scrotal masses.
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However, many narrators wrote onlyreluctantly, suspecting that their life stories were too mundane to be of any interest to anybody.
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Reluctantly, the authorities admitted that a significant portion of the population were tuning in.
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Its existence as a disease entity remains a matter of debate, and it is diagnosed onlyreluctantlyin the elderly.
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The sudden democratisation and the concessions to the workers' movement (eight-hour day, full right to strike, etc.) were accepted onlyreluctantlyby the middle classes.
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They have done so tentatively, almostreluctantly, even though it is a policy of which they have much to be proud.
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For financial as well as for ideological reasons, the wonderful announcements in colonial memoranda were only partially andreluctantlytranslated into action.
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Rejecting the purely advisory rolereluctantlyassigned to it, the committee sought instead actively to direct women's war effort.
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Several were apologetic about it: 'reluctantlyyes'; ' yes, afraid so'; ' sadly, yes'.
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The central governmentreluctantlyadmitted that some financial reform was needed to ease this problem.
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Yet, however 'reluctantly' accepted, women, unpaid until 1885, made up over half the mission force in 1899 - if one adds in the unpaid working wives.
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We werereluctantlycompelled to retrace our steps, and try to proceed westward in another direction.
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