reluctant

تعريف reluctant في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: Opposing; offering resistance (to)
They are reluctant to the inclusion of a necessity test, especially of a horizontal nature, and emphasize, instead, the importance of procedural disciplines .; Not wanting to take some action; unwilling, hesitant; uncertain
She was reluctant to lend him the money.; unwilling; unwilling to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help"; Not wanting to take some action; hesitant; uncertain; {a} unwilling, averse to, resisting; unwilling to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help; {s} hesitant, unwilling, disinclined, averse; If you are reluctant to do something, you are unwilling to do it and hesitate before doing it, or do it slowly and without enthusiasm. Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help + reluctantly re·luc·tant·ly We have reluctantly agreed to let him go. + reluctance re·luc·tance Ministers have shown extreme reluctance to explain their position to the media. slow and unwilling (present participle of reluctari ); Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling; disinclined; loth; unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake"; "unwilling to face facts"; not eager; "foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him"; "reluctant to help"; Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as, reluctant obedience; not eager; "foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him"; "reluctant to help" unwilling to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help; averse; begrudging
reluct: {v} to struggle against, to resist
reluctantly: {a} in a reluctant or cross manner
reluct: To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance
reluctantly: In a reluctant or hesitant manner
reluctantly: hesitantly, unwillingly, aversely
reluctantly: In a reluctant manner
reluctantly: with reluctance

reluctant

الواصلة

re·luc·tant

التركية النطق

rilʌktınt

المترادفات

hesitant, afraid, averse, backward, calculating, cautious, chary, circumspect, demurring, diffident, discouraged, disheartened, disinclined, grudging, hanging back

المتضادة

anxious, eager, enthusiastic, ready, willing

النطق

/rēˈləktənt/ /riːˈlʌktənt/

علم أصول الكلمات

[ ri-l&k-t&nt ] (adjective.) 1667. From Latin reluctans, present participle of reluctare, reluctari (“to struggle against, oppose, resist”) re- (“back”) + luctari (“to struggle”).