when someone is unwilling to do something, or when they do something slowly to show that they are not very willing 勉强;不情愿
Wells finally agreed, but with reluctance.
韦尔斯最终同意了,但很勉强。
reluctance to do something
a reluctance to share information
不情愿分享信息
nCOLLOCATIONS
adjectives
great/deep/extreme reluctance
He said the firm had made the job cuts with great reluctance.
considerable reluctance
There was considerable reluctance to question the chairman's judgment.
marked reluctance (=great and noticeable)
People showed a marked reluctance to accept that the situation was serious.
obvious reluctance
‘OK, ’ he said, with obvious reluctance.
understandable/natural reluctance
He had an understandable reluctance to accuse his friend of lying.
initial reluctance
Despite some initial reluctance, they approved the plan.
a certain reluctance
He showed a certain reluctance to come tonight.
Examples from the Corpus
reluctance• He handed it to Terry with a show of falsereluctance, preceding it with a string of apologies.• There are variousexplanations for his reluctance to do so.• Other resistances or blocks to communication can be more than an initialreluctance to talk about the mainissues.• And, with some initial reluctance the two men shook hands.• Despite this initial reluctance, the plan was approved as a pilotproject.• With the greatest of reluctance, I decided that it was time I bought myself another detector.• With reluctance Theodora turned to go.