Eric is
reluctant to be photographed.
埃里克不情愿被人照相。
Tom was very
reluctant to admit his mistake.
汤姆很不愿意承认自己的错误。
The child was
reluctant to leave his father.
这个孩子不愿意离开他的爸爸。
He was
reluctant to share his feelings with anyone, fearing they might be misunderstood.
他不愿意与人分享他的感受，担心可能会被误解。
Despite her enthusiasm for the project, she was somewhat
reluctant to take on the leadership role.
尽管她对这个项目充满热情，但她有些犹豫是否要承担领导角色。
The child was
reluctant to leave the playground, tears welling up in his eyes.
孩子不愿离开游乐场，眼里含着泪水。
The CEO was
reluctant to invest in the new technology, unsure of its long-term viability.
首席执行官对投资新技术持谨慎态度，对其长期可行性感到不确定。
She was
reluctant to admit that she had made a mistake.
她不愿意承认自己犯了错误。
He was
reluctant to give up his comfortable job, but the prospect of starting his own business was too tempting.
他舍不得放弃稳定的工作，但创业的诱惑太大了。
The witness was
reluctant to testify in court due to fear of retaliation.
证人因害怕报复而不愿意在法庭上作证。
The athlete was
reluctant to retire, feeling he still had much to offer to the sport.
这位运动员不愿意退役，觉得他还有很多可以为这项运动贡献。
The student was
reluctant to ask for help, not wanting to appear incompetent.
学生不愿意寻求帮助，不想显得无能。
Despite their obvious affection for each other, both parties were
reluctant to commit to a relationship.
尽管他们明显彼此喜欢，但双方都不愿承诺进入一段恋情。
Mr ran says that such schemes have also sometimes provided an excuse for officials to push reluctant farmers off their land without paying a reasonable price
陶然表示，这样的计划有时还给官员们提供了一个借口，让他们把不情愿的农民赶出自己的土地，而无需支付合理的价格。
Many domestic companies, especially small to medium-sized enterprises, might see the need to go green but are reluctant to act as they either don't know how to or have yet to see the potential benefits the process might bring," she added.
许多国内公司，尤其是中小型企业，可能看到了绿色环保的必要性，但不愿采取行动，因为他们要么不知道如何做到，要么还没有看到这一过程可能带来的潜在好处，”她补充道。
The top three factors behind this phenomenon include: Not noticing any change in vision (29 percent), being reluctant or unable to schedule an eye exam due to the pandemic (23 percent), and not having the time (20 percent).
"We cannot at this point predict the outcome of the litigation with certainty, but a U. S. court will be reluctant to rule against the president on an issue of national security," Dan Roules, managing partner of the Shanghai office of law firm Squire Patton Boggs, told Xinhua on Tuesday.
"The bigger problem is that, going forward, foreign investors might be reluctant to invest in the US if a president, on a whim, can zap the value of their investments by forcing a fire sale to US incumbents," Singer said on Twitter on Tuesday.
But the epidemic situation in many countries has worsened so the vast majority of domestic consumers are reluctant to make overseas trips and will be focusing more on tourism locations within China.
Xiang Ligang, director-general of telecom industry association Information Consumption Alliance, said Huawei's rising momentum came at the expense of other smartphone vendors including Xiaomi, given that consumers are reluctant to upgrade their handsets and saturation in the smartphone sector.
Given SMEs' high risks, commercial banks are reluctant to lend to them," said Huang Jianmin, deputy general manager of China Railway Construction Investment Co Ltd, whose parent company currently has 460 thousand suppliers.
Traditionally, Chinese shoppers were reluctant to spend too much money in Finland because they preferred to save their cash for later stops.
I was reluctant about the investment.
Meanwhile, the increasing cost of borrowing, measured by the one-month interbank offer rate, or Hibor, makes would-be retail investors even more reluctant to take out margin loans to buy into the deal," Cheung said.
If mall-visiting shoppers at the store are reluctant to carry the cakes around, they can opt for home delivery via JD.
She said Chinese are eager to invest in US real estate: "People in China are reluctant to put their money in the stock market－they would rather buy property.
"People in China are reluctant to put their money in the stock market - they would rather buy property," she said.
Even taxi drivers were reluctant to go there.
"The earlier growth and valuation were too high, so the whole market was concerned about Moutai's share price, and some people have been reluctant to buy it," Huang said.
Fu was reluctant to boast: "I don't want to make such estimates.
Chang Haizhong, executive director of corporates at ratings agency Fitch Bohua, said it is expected that problems, like commercial banks being reluctant to lend to private enterprises and financial asset management institutions being reluctant to invest in private enterprise bonds, will be solved to a certain extent going forward.
But, some industry sources said US carriers appear to believe route diversions from Russia make flights longer and inflate costs, hence seem a bit reluctant to add more direct flights, unlike their Chinese counterparts.
People are reluctant to consume, partly due to concerns over the sustainability of the future social security and medical insurance systems.
"It is a remote village, and people were reluctant to come," the 33-year-old said.
They are very appealing to children, but I'm reluctant to buy them, considering that my 10-year-old daughter might chew on the pencils while studying.
Zheng Houcheng, director of the Yingda Securities Research Institute, said the rise in July CPI was largely due to soaring pork prices as some producers were reluctant to sell hogs ready for the market.
Local government special bonds have higher requirements for projects, and issuers were reluctant to issue such bonds in early stages.
In addition, increased maritime freight prices and reduced port efficiency due to the pandemic have resulted in some Chinese enterprises being reluctant to accept overseas orders, amid concerns over prolonged delivery time frames and shipment failures, he added.
Amid an environment of economic growth and consumption upgrade, youngsters from rural areas, unlike their parents, are reluctant to engage in high-intensity jobs that may entail trade-offs like extra hours, low welfare and humdrum workplace environment in the manufacturing sector.
But investment, which recovered strongly last year, may not see a sustainable boom this year as the government may be reluctant to promote growth by raising the debt level, according to Jiang, who is also vice-chairwoman of Deloitte China, an international consulting company.
That, Ding said, made the central government reluctant to designate a new bond quota before the two sessions.
Moreover, the lack of quality educational establishments, medical facilities and shopping malls made many people reluctant to relocate to Pudong, he said.
Migrant workers living in cities do not enjoy the same public services in terms of pension, healthcare, education and housing as those who hold an urban hukou, which makes them reluctant to spend.
In recent years, Chinese cosmetics brands, which have seen revenue fall at home, are reluctant to compete in the United States or Europe, and have instead shifted their focus to Asia, particularly Japan, where consumption culture and aesthetics share some similar characteristics.
A report from Minsheng Securities showed that while 54 percent of consumers would like to buy gem-level lab-grown diamonds to please themselves, more (73 percent of females and over 50 percent of males) were reluctant to use them for engagements or weddings.
It is true that the leverage ratio of private enterprises, in comparison to State-owned enterprises, has generally declined in recent years, but it does not necessarily mean that all private enterprises are reluctant to borrow.
Some were reluctant to go out shopping and, instead, chose to place their orders online and receive the parcels through reliable networks.
As people become more mature travelers, they are increasingly reluctant to follow the herd.
"We were reluctant to turn to takeout services but, in fact, we benefited from the certainty online ordering offered during times of uncertainty," Mao added.
“我们曾对转向外卖服务持犹豫态度，但实际上，在充满不确定性的时期，我们从在线订餐提供的确定性中受益匪浅，”毛补充道。
"Some middle-aged and senior users of online dating platforms are unwilling to provide their real information on personal profiles, and are reluctant to let other people know that they are using the platform, making it hard for platforms to distinguish user fraud as well as promote to a wider range of potential users," Shi of AgeClub said.
Parents consider their children more important than anything else in the world, and are willing to shell out money in order to provide their children a good education, but they may be reluctant to spend money on themselves," Zhao said.
赵教授表示：“为人父母者，往往视子女为世间最宝贵的，为了让孩子接受良好教育，他们愿意倾囊而出。然而，对于自身消费，他们却可能较为吝啬。”
Asked why she tolerates relatively higher prices for such products, she said: "Our community is far from big markets and some of us are reluctant to go that far to get the products we want.
当被问及为何她能接受这类产品相对较高的价格时，她表示：“我们社区远离大型市场，而且有些人不愿意走那么远去购买心仪的产品。”
Reluctant to go outside to a pharmacy, she downloaded an e-commerce pharmacy app and tried to purchase the medicines online.
由于不愿出门去药店，她下载了一个电子商务药店应用程序，试图在网上购买这些药物。
Back in 1998, villagers were reluctant to grow color peppers when Li was elected as Party secretary of the village.
1998年，李当选为村支部书记时，村民们对种植彩椒颇为抵触。
Some of my peers were reluctant because they fear leaving the village, but I didn't think of it that way.
我的一些同伴不愿意，因为他们害怕离开村庄，但我不这么想。
There are still some SOEs that are reluctant to participate in the mixed-ownership reform, said Li Yunfeng, director of the corporate reform office at China Datang Corp, a State-owned power generator.
Although the central bank's moves to reform interest rate in August and to cut reserve requirement ratio in September can lower real lending rates and increase liquidity, the real estate sector is still confronting stiff credit lines, and potential homebuyers are reluctant to commit to buying decisions, wrote Ma Qianli, research director with Shanghai-based CRIC (China Real Estate Information Corp) China, in a report.
"Shared bikes of different brands, painted in company colors like blue, green, yellow and orange, were abandoned after the government tried to curb their numbers in cities and investors became reluctant to provide any more venture capital about a year ago.
When Zhang first asked me to join her in a fitness class at the gym, her recent discovery, I was reluctant.
Huang, who lives in Beijing, was apparently reluctant to pay almost one-eighth of her monthly salary in the cinema, and she was not the only one.
Recalling his experience a few years back, when he tried to read financial statements in the pharmaceutical industry, every single nerve in his body was reluctant to work, he says in jest.
Each time, their 5-year-old son, who was left at home with his grandparents, was reluctant to let them leave.
Auto manufacturers are reluctant to fully disclose battery details, and technological differences in vehicle models make battery swapping equipment incompatible.
Mazda and Honda look to make up ground in rapidly changing Chinese marketJapanese carmakers, which have been reluctant in their switch to electrification, are coming to terms that they need to roll out electric vehicles in China if they would like to resurrect their former glory in the world's largest vehicle market.
Under the 66-year-old Toyoda, who led the company for more than a decade, the automaker has appeared reluctant to embrace electric vehicles, arguing the hybrid technology it pioneered with its once market-leading Prius was a better fit for many drivers.
Japanese carmakers have their preferred hybrid technology, which they believe is more economical, so they were reluctant to shift their focus when EVs started to boom in China.
Among the types of information they were most reluctant to offer were the drivers and passengers' biological statistics, images within the vehicles and the vehicles' locations.
The company did not apologize until the incident had grown into a violent public backlash, and some Tesla owners said they were reluctant to drive their vehicles.
More importantly, with COVID-19 still spreading, he is reluctant to use public transport because his son is just two years old.
BYD, Zhang said, "was reluctant to sell batteries so as to keep its own position in the industry," thus forcing BMW Brilliance and other carmakers to look elsewhere.
The decree has already prompted some carmakers to make extra efforts on lightweight bodies and to introduce smaller, three-cylinder engines, which Chinese customers are reluctant to accept so far.
"They produce cars that are just eligible for the stimuli and are reluctant to work harder to come up with better products.
The administration did not elaborate on why carmakers are becoming less reluctant to solve the problems but analysts said rising customer awareness and easy ways for car owners to file complaints rank among the main reasons.
The marketing opportunities for Chinese-branded SUVs largely lies chiefly in tier-three and tier-four cities, because consumers are reluctant to pay a premium for the international brands, according to Li Qingwen, president of the Car-Bingo Academy.
"You know electric car plates are easier to win and such cars are subsidized," Guo, 37, said of her reluctant decision back then.
"And a digitally supercharged sales process could help turn today's reluctant buyers into tomorrow's devoted customers.
Lingyi is no longer the reluctant practitioner that she was some time ago.
However, the younger generation is still mostly reluctant to devote themselves to the agriculture sector, he said, while lamenting the difficulty in recruiting new employees.
Guo said many farmers were reluctant to accept the idea as the majority of them are aged 50 or more and have less knowledge about modern farming technologies.
But executives like Swantee are reluctant to be forced into such a sophisticated political game.
At the time, the US and Japan had just experienced economic bubbles, and decision-makers were extremely reluctant to adopt large-scale easing policies due to concerns over resource misallocation after easing moves.
"If I leave it in the bank with the assumption that the high interest income will continue, I know I'd be proven wrong, so I feel reluctant.
Central banks can provide liquidity to banks at no cost to society but they are reluctant to do so for fear of creating a moral hazard," said Winters on Saturday during his first visit to China since 2020 to attend the China Development Forum.
The study produced valuable results but the bank is reluctant to publicize its research findings for fear that some clients may intentionally generate false data.
If a female investor is way too cautious and reluctant to take any risks or starts investing too late in her life, it'd be hard to argue she will succeed in making her investments produce high returns.
He said that it is true that a few banks are reluctant to offer loans or have stopped offering loans to private companies specializing in internet-related fields, and such behavior ought to be corrected.
"We are also developing new products of digital renminbi for older people and others who have been reluctant to use intelligent devices" like smartphones, Mu said.
Lu Ting, chief China economist with Nomura Securities, said that it may be too early for China to roll back the easing and stimulus measures it introduced in the first half, but the country may be reluctant to roll out fresh stimulus measures in the second half.
"It is still too early for Beijing to unwind or roll back the easing and stimulus measures introduced in the first half of this year, but it may be reluctant to roll out fresh stimulus measures in the second half.
The Fed also made the terms of its discount window more attractive by cutting the discount window primary rate by 150 basis points and lowering the reserve requirement ratio by 10 points, so that banks would be reluctant to use the discount window as a source of funding.
The PBOC could become more reluctant to deliver high-profile policy stimulus in coming months amid the consumer inflation and a risk of a wage-price spiral, unless inflationary pressure and expectation stabilize, said Lu Ting, chief China economist at Nomura Securities.
The central bank could potentially become more reluctant to deliver high-profile policy easing in coming quarters, he said.
"One of the reasons why banks are reluctant to offer loans to private enterprises is the business and financial data these companies provided are not reliable.
"When a client manager is allowed to do business with big clients, he or she is reluctant to reach for small ones because the risks of lending to small and microenterprises are high and their loans are usually small," Yu said.
The investment involved is huge, and the transformations have to be customized and constantly upgraded, he explained, while customers and providers of intelligent manufacturing solutions are reluctant to cooperate due to the lack of mutual trust.
A key obstacle preventing capitals flowing to private enterprises somehow relates to credit clerks who are reluctant to lend out of fear of bad loans, as private enterprises, especially the smaller ones, are less capable to withstand risks, Gu said.
For years, banks have been reluctant to open up, worried that profits will shrink, said Lei Ming, president of CCB Fintech Co, the tech subsidiary of China Construction Bank Corp, at a forum on open banking on Monday.
Fintech can play a great role in helping close the gap between the financing needs of private enterprises and banking products at the time when banks might become more reluctant to address this issue amid downward pressure, according to experts and officials.
The latest remarks come after a number of financial authorities have pledged to provide financial and policy support to help the private sector resolve funding problems, as some lenders such as commercial banks are reluctant to provide financing to the private sector, in particular to small and medium-sized enterprises, despite their growing share of economic activity.
But it may also not be the perfect timing for dim sum bond issuances, with some experts indicating that the recent weakening of the Chinese currency may deter investors, who are reluctant to take on risks amid market uncertainties and escalating Sino-US trade tensions.
It may not be the perfect timing for dim sum bond issuance, some experts said, as the recent weakening of Chinese currency may stagger investors, who are reluctant to take on risk amid market uncertainties as the Sino-US trade tension escalated.
Real estate companies currently issue the most bonds, but they may slow down their pace to raise funds in the offshore market, as the government is reluctant to see the sector taking on too much debt.
"There are some foreign investors but not many, as they, being mature traders, are reluctant to enter a risky market in general," said Zhang Jiawei, director of the introducing broker business at SDIC Essence Futures, a subsidiary of Essence Securities.
An 82-year-old resident surnamed Chen was among the mourners, expressing profound grief and being reluctant to leave the site.