reluctance
英 [rɪ'lʌkt(ə)ns]
美 [rɪ'lʌktəns]
- n. [EM] 磁気抵抗; リラクタンス; しぶとさ
英語の語源
- reluctance (n.)
- 1640s, "act of struggling against," from obsolete verb reluct "to struggle or rebel against" (1520s), from Latin reluctari "to struggle against, resist, make opposition," from re- "against" (see re-) + luctari "to struggle, wrestle," perhaps shares a common origin with Greek lygos "pliant twig," lygizein "to bend, twist," Old English locc "twist of hair" (see lock (n.2)). Meaning "unwillingness" is first attested 1660s. Related: Reluctancy (1620s.).
例文
- 1. "All right, I can manage a fiver," McMinn said with reluctance .
- マクミンは不本意に「よし、5ポンド出してもいい」と言った。
- 2.Troops were dispaying an obvious reluctance to get involved in quashing demonstrations.
- 部隊はデモ鎮圧に参加したくないことは明らかだ。
- 3.Ministers have shown extreme reluctance to explain their position to the media.
- 部長たちはメディアに立場を説明するのを嫌がっている。
- 4.The evidence is blurred by central banks ' reluctance to reveal their blunders.
- 中央銀行は自分の愚かな誤りを公開しようとしないため、証拠ははっきりしていない。
- 5.Carmen 's reluctance to fall in with Driver 'splans led to trouble.
- カルメンは、デレーフの計画を受け入れたくなかったため、トラブルを引き起こした。
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