释义 |
reˈluctantly, adv. [f. reluctant a. + -ly2.] In a reluctant manner; unwillingly.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. v. 866 Not Willingly, but Reluctantly. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xxx, Finding it impossible to resist, he reluctantly complied. 1790Keir in Phil. Trans. LXXX. 382 A solution of copper..was very reluctantly and slowly precipitated. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. ii. (1858) I. 115 A dispensation was reluctantly granted by the pope, and reluctantly accepted by the English ministry. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 177 To that he very reluctantly nodded assent. |