reluctant

• adj.不本意である；渋々である；不従順である

ラテン語のreluctari（もつれる、抵抗する）から。

reluctant

reluctant: [17] To be reluctant about doing something is etymologically to ‘struggle against’ it. The word comes from the present participle of Latin reluctārī, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘against’ and luctārī ‘struggle’. Among the first English writers to employ it was John Milton, who used it in the literal Latin sense, describing the writhing Satan: ‘a monstrous serpent on his belly prone, reluctant, but in vain’, Paradise Lost 1667. ‘Unwilling, averse’, a metaphorical extension which saw the light of day in Latin, made its debut in English at the start of the 18th century.

reluctant (adj.)

"unwilling," 1660s, from Latin reluctantem (nominative reluctans), present participle of reluctari (see reluctance). Related: Reluctantly. The Latin word is also the source of Spanish reluchante, Italian riluttante.

1. We were reluctant to start the long trudge home.

私たちはこのような長く苦しい帰宅の道を歩みたくありません。

2.Scientific institutions have been reluctant to take corrective action.

科学機関は訂正をしようとしない。

3.I am reluctant to trust anyone totally，Your Excellency.

私は誰も信じたくありません、閣下。

4.He said no and seemed oddly reluctant to talk about it.

彼はないと言っていたが、奇妙なことにそれには触れたくなかったようだ。

5.Japan has been reluctant to offer much aid to Russia.

日本はロシアに多くの援助を提供することを嫌ってきた。