喜樂美語
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    aC1

    /rɪˈlʌktənt/

    slow to do something because you do not really want to do it; not willing, though you may agree later.

    不情願的；勉強的

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

Someone standing at the door with their coat on, still not moving. They may well go in the end — the word does not say they refuse. It says the wanting is not there, and you can see the drag in how slowly they move.

可以想成：一個人外套都穿好了，站在門口卻還沒動。他很可能最後還是會去——這個字並不是說他拒絕，而是說「心不甘情不願」…更多收起可以想成：一個人外套都穿好了，站在門口卻還沒動。他很可能最後還是會去——這個字並不是說他拒絕，而是說「心不甘情不願」，那份拖沓從動作的慢就看得出來。所以它跟 unwilling 有點差別：unwilling 偏向不肯，reluctant 常常是「會做，但不想做」。

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

reluctantadj/ɹɪˈlʌktənt/

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    Not wanting to take some action; unwilling to do something.

    • She was reluctant to lend him the money
    • Surprisingly, our new dog is a reluctant ball-retriever.
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    archaicContrary; defiant; refractory.

    • Whence we must infer, that the least stir of tumult or rebellion against the Prince is reluctant to all the Ordinances of Heaven, is an abortive product of Hell against the pure dictates of nature […]
    • If pride be allowed to cause you to envy or wound the characters of such as differ from, or outshine you, or to make you reluctant to Christian reproof from your inferiors, how fearful is your guilt and danger!
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    Tending to match as little text as possible.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。