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RELUCTANCE
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Traducere în limba română
reluctance substantiv
1. (înv.) împotrivire, opoziţie.
2. silă, lipsă de tragere de inimă; neplăcere, dezgust, scârbă, repulsie;
with reluctance fără tragere de inimă, în silă.
3. codire, şovăială.
4. (electr., tel.) reluctanţă.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Could he have been satisfied with the conquest of one amiable woman's affections, could he have found sufficient exultation in overcoming the reluctance, in working himself into the esteem and tenderness of Fanny Price, there would have been every probability of success and felicity for him.
(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)
"How about the day after tomorrow?" He considered for a moment. Then, with reluctance: "I want to get the grass cut," he said.
(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)
"I never loved him," she said, with perceptible reluctance.
(The Great Gatsby, de F. Scott Fitzgerald)