1. Disinclined(轻度不愿) -- 词源:dis-(否定)+ incline(倾向) -- 用法:表示温和的、理性的不倾向 -- 搭配:be disinclined to do -- 例:She was disinclined to argue about trivial matters.
2. Indisposed(委婉拒绝) -- 词源:in-(不)+ disposed(准备好的) -- 特点:正式用语,常含身体不适的婉转意味 -- 例:The minister was indisp ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)500
【Disinclined】 , 【indisposed】 , 【hesitant】 , 【reluctant】 , 【loath】 , 【averse】 mean manifesting neither the will nor the desire to do or to have anything to do with something indicated or understood.
【Disinclined】 implies a lack of taste or inclination for something for which one has no natural bent or which meets one's disapproval.
【Indisposed】 implies an unfavorable or often a hostile or unsympathetic attitude.
【Hesitant】 suggests a holding back through fear, distaste, uncertainty, or irresolution.
【Reluctant】 adds to 【hesitant】 a definite resistance or sense of unwillingness.
【Loath】 stresses the lack of harmony between something one anticipates doing and his likes or dislikes, tastes or distastes, or sympathies or antipathies; thus, a tender person may be 【loath】 to punish a refractory child but a strict disciplinarian would be 【loath】 to allow that child to go unpunished; one may be 【loath】 to believe a well-founded report that discredits a friend and equally 【loath】 to disbelieve a rumor that confirms his bad opinion of a person.