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Struggle Rebel Struggling 7086.Reluctance 英 Rɪ'Lʌkt(ə)Ns]美 Rɪ'Lʌktəns 释义

正面 7086.reluctance
英 [rɪ'lʌkt(ə)ns]美 [rɪ'lʌktəns]

背面
释义:
n. [电磁] 磁阻;勉强;不情愿
例句:
1. "All right, I can manage a fiver," McMinn said with reluctance.麦克明不情愿地说:“好吧,我可以出5镑。”

1. re- "against" + luct- "struggle, wrestle" + -ance.2. => struggle or rebel against, act of struggling against.3. => unwillingness.Reluctance:驴拉个坦克——不情愿的

reluctance (n.)1640s, "act of struggling against," from obsolete verb reluct "to struggle or rebel against" (1520s), from Latin reluctari "to struggle against, resist, make opposition," from re- "against" (see re-) + luctari "to struggle, wrestle," perhaps shares a common origin with Greek lygos "pliant twig," lygizein "to bend, twist," Old English locc "twist of hair" (see lock (n.2)). Meaning "unwillingness" is first attested 1660s. Related: Reluctancy (1620s.)."

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