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单词 reluct
释义

reluct

[ ri-luhkt ]
/ rɪˈlʌkt /
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verb (used without object)

to struggle (against something); rebel.
to object; show reluctance.

Origin of reluct

1520–30; <Latin reluctārī, equivalent to re-re- + luctārī to strive, struggle, wrestle

Words nearby reluct

relocation costs, relocator, Relpax, rel. pron., relucent, reluct, reluctance, reluctant, reluctantly, reluctate, reluctivity
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Example sentences from the Web for reluct

  • He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it.

    Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions|John Donne

  • Milton makes Adam reluct and wrangle, but it is easy to see he will succumb to his wife's persuasions.

    Flowers of Freethought|George W. Foote

  • The first glance made us reluct at encountering in the outset the writer's formidable-looking preface.

    The Knickerbocker, or The New-York Monthly Magazine, December 1843|Various

British Dictionary definitions for reluct

reluct
/ (rɪˈlʌkt) /

verb (intr) archaic

(often foll by against) to struggle or rebel
to object; show reluctance

Word Origin for reluct

C16: from Latin reluctārī to resist, from re- + luctārī to struggle
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Words related to reluct

horrify, sicken, offend, repulse, disgust, turn off, repel, rebuff, afflict, nauseate, affect, disturb, displease, revolt, bother, shock, upset, insult, irk, outrage
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