reluctant

柯林斯词典

1. ADJ 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. 不愿意的; 勉强的
Mr. Spero was reluctant to ask for help. 斯珀洛先生不愿意请求帮助。
2. reluctantlyADV 不愿意地; 勉强地[ADV with v]
We have reluctantly agreed to let him go. 我们已勉强同意让他走了。

The United Nations was reluctant to get its forces embroiled in civil war .
I'm a bit reluctant to get involved .
The government was reluctant to sanction intervention in the crisis .
The government is understandably reluctant to do anything which might spoil the harmonious relations between the country's ethnic groups .
A mother was coaxing her reluctant child into the water .