| 单词 | with reluctance |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith (also without) reluctance a. Unwillingness, disinclination. Frequently in with (also without) reluctance. Also: an instance of this. Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [noun] un-i-willa1225 unlustc1230 dangerc1290 loathnessa1300 thronessa1400 grudgingc1420 nilling?a1425 unlustiness?a1425 loathinessc1449 difficulty?c1450 grudge1477 sticking1525 scruple1526 unreadiness1526 sweerness1533 dangerousness1548 untowardnessa1555 envy1557 loathsomeness1560 retractation1563 stickling1589 indisposition1593 loathfulness1596 backwardness1597 unwillingness1597 reluctation1598 offwardness1600 undisposedness1600 hinka1614 reluctancy1621 reluctancea1628 renitence1640 nolencea1651 nolencya1651 indisposedness1651 shyness1651 nolition1653 costiveness1654 sullenness1659 scrupling1665 regret1667 queerness1687 stickiness1689 disinclination1695 uneasinessa1715 tarditude1794 disclination1812 inalacrity1813 grudgingness1820 tarrowing1832 reticence1863 grudgery1889 balkiness1894 safety first1913 a1628 N. Carpenter Chorazin & Bethsaida's Woe (1633) sig. B7 Who but a coward without great reluctance can strike saile, when hee hoped a conquest? 1710 in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) II. 247 'Tis not without Reluctance that he consents to part with some Persons. a1740 D. Waterland Wks. (1823) IX. 383 Lay we aside all inveterate prejudices and stubborn reluctances, as soon as ever we have light enough to see that we have been in an error. 1777 J. Priestley Doctr. Philos. Necessity Pref. 31 Like Dr. Hartley, I gave up my liberty with great reluctance. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 108 This silenced my reluctance, and I accepted the new appointment. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 115 Their reluctance delayed proceedings for nearly a year. 1881 Proc. Mass. Hist. Soc. 18 229 His health at length failed, it was feared beyond recovery, and, to the great reluctance equally of the society and himself, he was compelled to resign his charge. 1923 A. Huxley Antic Hay iii. 50 It was with reluctance that Gumbril parted from his Treasury notes. 1959 Times 24 Nov. 13/3 Wherein is school-phobia different from the traditional reluctance which was met by old-fashioned compulsion? 2001 D. Marcus Oughtobiography xxvii. 250 I have never visited Israel. I have never desired to go there, a reluctance based on two opposing fears. < as lemmas |
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