Слово англійською: reluctant
Прикметник
Переклад reluctant українською: який робить (щось) неохоче, he is ~ to accept — він неохоче погоджується, вимушений, неохочий, упертий; який не піддається; який чинить опір
Детальний опис
reluctant
adjective /rɪˈlʌktənt/
- hesitating before doing something because you do not want to do it or because you are not sure that it is the right thing to do
- He finally gave a reluctant smile.
- They nodded in reluctant agreement.
- reluctant to do something She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.
- a reluctant hero (= a person who does not want to be called a hero)
opposite eagerWord Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘writhing, offering opposition’): from Latin reluctant- ‘struggling against’, from the verb reluctari, from re- (expressing intensive force) + luctari ‘to struggle’.