reluctance

1. (countable, uncountable)Unwillingness to do something.

   Our new dog shows reluctance to go on walks, preferring to be indoors.

   Widerstreben, Widerwillen, Widerwille

   неохо́таneoxóta, нежела́ниеneželánije

   a certain degree of unwillingness

2. (countable, uncountable)Hesitancy in taking some action.

   Zögern, Zaudern, Zögerlichkeit

3. (countable, uncountable)That property of a magnetic circuit analogous to resistance in an electric circuit.

   (physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

4. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Defiance, disobedience.

1. I don't understand his reluctance to go.

   Я не розумію, чому він не хоче йти.

   ruЯ не понимаю его нежелания идти.

   deIch verstehe nicht, warum er sich sträubt zu gehen.

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2. I don't understand your reluctance to do that.

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3. I can understand your reluctance.

   deIch kann deinen Widerwillen verstehen.

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4. I don't understand Tom's reluctance to do that.

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5. Tom doesn't understand Mary's reluctance to go out with his brother.

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