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reluctance

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English - Vietnamese Dictionary

reluctance /ri'lʌktəns/

danh từ
- sự miễn cưỡng, sự bất đắc dĩ, sự không thích, sự không sẵn lòng (làm việc gì)
  - to show reluctance do do something: tỏ ra không sẵn lòng làm việc gì
  - to affect reluctance: làm ra bộ miễn cưỡng
- (điện học) từ tr

Concise Dictionary

rɪ'lʌktəns
noun
+(physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
+a certain degree of unwillingness

Thesaurus Dictionary

unwillingness, disinclination, aversion, dislike, disrelish, hesitancy:

Cooper's reluctance to leave before the end of the play was understandable.

Collocation Dictionary
noun

ADJ.

considerable, deep, extreme, great, marked | certain

I noticed a certain reluctance among the teachers.

VERB + RELUCTANCE

have | display, express, indicate, reflect, show

His designs indicate a reluctance to conform to fashion. She showed considerable reluctance to leave.

| pretend | overcome | notice, sense | understand

I can quite understand your reluctance to talk about what happened to you.

| explain

These political tensions explain the reluctance of financiers to invest in the region.

PREP.

with ~

With great reluctance, we have come to the decision to close the hospital.

| ~ by/on the part of

reluctance by insurers to keep paying out heavy claims

PHRASES

a show of reluctance

With a great show of reluctance, the government granted independence to the colony.

| a sign of reluctance

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