| 正面 | 3931.reluctant 英 [rɪ'lʌkt(ə)nt]美 [rɪ'lʌktənt]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. re- "against" + luct- "struggle, wrestle" + -ant.2. => struggle or rebel against.3. => unwilling.4. luct- 与 lock "一绺头发，发辫" 同源，他们的本义都表示纠缠在一起，扭在一起(的事物或状态)。adj. 不情愿的；勉强的；顽抗的 例句： 1. We were reluctant to start the long trudge home.我们很不愿意踏上如此漫长艰辛的回家之路。 reluctant 勉强的，不情愿的来自拉丁语 reluctari,扭打，抵抗，来自 re-,相对，对着干，luctari,缠绕，扭打，词源同 leg,ineluctable.引申词义勉强的，不情愿的。 reluctantreluctant: [17] To be reluctant about doing something is etymologically to ‘struggle against’ it. The word comes from the present participle of Latin reluctārī, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘against’ and luctārī ‘struggle’. Among the first English writers to employ it was John Milton, who used it in the literal Latin sense, describing the writhing Satan: ‘a monstrous serpent on his belly prone, reluctant, but in vain’, Paradise Lost 1667. ‘Unwilling, averse’, a metaphorical extension which saw the light of day in Latin, made its debut in English at the start of the 18th century.reluctant (adj.)"unwilling," 1660s, from Latin reluctantem (nominative reluctans), present participle of reluctari (see reluctance). Related: Reluctantly. The Latin word is also the source of Spanish reluchante, Italian riluttante." |