Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - unwilling
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1. If you are unwilling to do something, you do not want to do it and will not agree to do it. Initially the government was unwilling to accept the defeat... For months I had been either unwilling or unable to go through with it. ? willing ADJ: usu v-link, usu ADJ to-inf • unwillingness ...their unwillingness to accept responsibility for mistakes. N-UNCOUNT: oft N to-inf 2. You can use unwilling to describe someone who does not really want to do the thing they are doing. A youthful teacher, he finds himself an unwilling participant in school politics... = reluctant ADJ: usu ADJ n • unwillingly My beard had started to grow, and I had unwillingly complied with the order to shave it off... Unwillingly, she moved aside. = reluctantly ADV: ADV with v, ADV with cl ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Date: before 12th century not willing: a. loath, reluctant was ~ to learn b. done or given reluctantly ~ approval c. offering opposition ; obstinate an ~ student • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. not willing or inclined; reluctant. Derivatives unwillingly adv. unwillingness n. Etymology: OE unwillende (as UN-(1), WILLING) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. нежелающий, несклонный, нерасположенный he appeared unwilling to accept —- по-видимому, он не был склонен соглашаться I was unwilling for my wife to accept the invitation —- я был против того, чтобы жена принимала это приглашение 2. сделанный неохотно he aroused our unwilling admiration —- мы невольно стали им восхищаться 3. упрямый a hard unwilling man —- жесткий, упрямый человек ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. несклонный, нерасположенный Syn: averse, disinclined, hesitant, loath, reluctant Ant: eager, favourable, inclined, ready, wilful ...Англо-русский словарь
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