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reluctantly

/ri-luhk-tuhnt-lee/US // rɪˈlʌk tənt li //

勉强,勉为其难,勉强地,勉为其难地

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : without really wanting to; unwillingly: I told her to take a break, just for one moment, and she reluctantly pulled away from her work.

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Examples

  • If you cannot, Miss Manners reluctantly condones not answering, on the theory that business etiquette does not require responses to those calling — metaphorically, in this case — to sell you something.

  • First, Facebook, Google and the rest have reluctantly embraced their role as our gatekeepers to information, and there’s likely no going back.

  • Since my being home alone wasn’t a huge departure from my normal routine, my parents reluctantly agreed to let me stay home all day.

  • As a result we have reluctantly come to the difficult decision to wind down the business, return cash to our shareholders, and say goodbye to our colleagues with grace.

  • Facebook’s threatThe social network spoke out saying that, if passed, it would “reluctantly” stop news sharing.

  • In contrast to so many of those who were drafted, the players did not enter the Vietnam War reluctantly.

  • She reluctantly agreed to make her grams happy, and participated in the Miss Universe Canada pageant, placing in the top 15.

  • He has reluctantly reconnected with a brother we didn't even know he had in Season 1.

  • Yatsenyuk has announced that his party will now go into the elections, reluctantly, on a list separate from Poroshenko's.

  • He is convinced that, in the end, economic reasoning will force Scots to reluctantly reject independence.

  • There seems something in that also which I could spare only very reluctantly from a new Bible in the world.

  • When this last shred of hope was gone, the Brigadier reluctantly gave the order to retreat.

  • The weapons, the most unusual weapons, we are reluctantly compelled to accept under protest.

  • That is impossible—sahib—” and the words came reluctantly—“there are no boats on the river these days.

  • On his return to Manila in February, 1903, he reluctantly took the required oath and was permitted to remain in the capital.