reluctancy
/ri-luhk-tuhns/US // rɪˈlʌk təns //UK // (rɪˈlʌktəns) //
勉强,不情愿,勉强性,不愿
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : unwillingness; disinclination: reluctance to speak in public.
- : Electricity. the resistance to magnetic flux offered by a magnetic circuit, determined by the permeability and arrangement of the materials of the circuit.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inscruple
Synonyms
anxiety焦虑,忧虑,焦虑不安,担忧caution警惕,注意事项,注意力,谨慎censor检查员,缄口不言,审查员,审查compunction强迫症,强迫性,强迫性行为,强迫症状conscience良心,良知demur抗辩,抗议,抗辩权,抗辨difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重faltering颤颤巍巍,颤颤巍巍的,颤巍巍的,颤巍巍hesitancy犹豫不决,犹豫,犹豫不决的问题,犹豫不决的情况hesitation犹豫不决,踌躇,迟疑,疑虑pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿perplexity困惑,迷茫,迷惑,疑惑qualm顾虑,疑问,顾忌,遗憾reconsideration复议,重新审议,重审,复审reluctance不情愿,勉强,不愿,勉为其难squeamishness娇气,胆怯,忌讳,畏惧superego超我,超自我,超级自我,超我的twinge绞痛,绞绞痛,绞伤uneasiness不安,不舒服,不安感,不安的感觉second thought第二个想法,第二个念头,第二想法,第二种想法
Examples
Or he may deprive himself of some lesser advantages in life by his reluctancy in putting himself forward.
His letter, however, showed his half-hidden reluctancy towards giving up the faithful old dog.
The water-lily closes, but With wonderful reluctancy; As if it troubled her to shut Her door of welcome to the bee.
A biographer records her death from smallpox when twenty-five years old, "to the unspeakable reluctancy of her relatives."
Hiding his reluctancy, Cooper left his seat and advanced toward the doorway.
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