| 正面 | 7086.reluctance 英 [rɪ'lʌkt(ə)ns]美 [rɪ'lʌktəns] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 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。” 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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