reluctance

[US]/rɪˈlʌktəns/
[UK]/rɪˈlʌktəns/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. ushahidi; uchungu.
Word Forms

Phrases & Collocations

reluctance motor

mipango ya reluctance

reluctance generator

mipangilio ya kuchangia

Example Sentences

show reluctance to do sth.

kutumia mchango kwa kufanya kosa

my reluctance to stick a label on myself politically.

moyo wangu kumtambua mimi kwa mshirika kwa mizani ya mizani.

she sensed his reluctance to continue.

alipita mchango yake kwa kuzungusha

she felt miserably self-critical for her reluctance to go.

Alikuwa na uwekwa wa mrefu sana kwa uchaguzi wake wa kumkia.

other countries don't share our reluctance to eat goat meat.

nchi mengine hawana mchango wetu kwa kula maziwa ya mbele

These political tensions explain the reluctance of financiers to invest in the region.

Mipango ya siasa haya inaongeza uchungu wa wanachama wa mali kwa kuchangia kwa mkoa huu.

They point to Seoul's reluctance to endorse HSBC's acquisition of Korea Exchange Bank as one sign of frostiness.

Wanaashiria ukataji tamaa ya Seoul kuunga mkono ununuzi wa Korea Exchange Bank na HSBC kama moja ya dalili za baridi.

The method of calculating microstepping currents for variable reluctance stepping motor with equal microstep angle was described when motor torque characteristics were sinusoidal shapes.

Mbinu ya kusahihisha mikorodi ya microstepping kwa motori ya stepping ya reluctance ya kipimo kipya na kati ya kipimo cha microstep iliyotolewa wakati sifuri za motori zilikuwa shakli ya sinusoidal.

Real-world Examples

Nearly everywhere Agassiz encountered an unyielding reluctance to accept his theories.

Kutoka kwenye kila mji Agassiz alitazama mchango mrefu wa kuhukumi kwa mafundisho yake.

Source: A Brief History of Everything

So there's a reluctance again to sort of get involved.

Hakuna mchango mrefu tena kwa kufanyia mshindi.

Source: Financial Times

Don't pretend Mary's sudden reluctance can't be traced back to you.

Haujafanya kama Mary alikosa mchango mrefu hujui kwa kusababisha.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 1

Yes, he agreed, much as Kaiser Bill agreed to abdicate with the greatest possible reluctance.

Ndiyo, alisahihisha, kama Kaiser Bill alisahihisha kwa mchango mrefu zaidi.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 4

The man regarded her with tender reluctance, but stopped them.

Mwanamme alitazama yeye na mchango mrefu, lakini alimkanyaza.

Source: Returning Home

Yes he did but at the same time it was there was always a reluctance about him.

Ndiyo alifanya lakini kwa mchanganyika mrefu kuhusu yeye.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

But there's still a great reluctance among NATO allies to risk direct conflict between NATO and Russia.

Lakini kuna mchango mrefu kubwa kati ya mshirika wa NATO kwa kufanyia uchungu wa kikanda kati ya NATO na Rusia.

Source: NPR News March 2022 Compilation

You know, I understand the source of your reluctance.

Ukumbana, nimekuwa na mafundisho ya mchango mrefu yako.

Source: Billions Season 1

But there is still a reluctance within the UK government even to identify ultra-processed food as a problem.

Lakini kuna mchango mrefu ndani ya hukumi ya UK kwa kusisimua mizigo ya mchakato mrefu kama mwenye maswala.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

Despite initial reluctance, colonizers eventually began cultivating — and popping — corn.

Kwa mchango mrefu mweka kwa mchango mrefu, wamalizyo wakapewa kwa kushamba — na kushika — mazao.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

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