reluctant
/rɪˈlʌktənt/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。
派生词
reluctantly
adverb词源
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'.