Investors have been reluctant to buy up these questionable bank assets because of the high amount of risk involved.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Cities go bankrupt and they just can't pay, so you as a buyer of these bonds feel reluctant to invest in them.

如果一市政府破产了,他们将无法支付,因此作为投资人,你可能不想购买它

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

We were kind of reluctant to take on ideas from Germany, of all places, but we finally did.

我们美国人有点不愿意接受,德国人的想法，不过我们最后还是接受了。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

The two Asian giants are reluctant,however, of being put into any binding position that could slow their rapidly growing economies.

VOA: standard.2009.11.08

as notoriously secretive and reluctant as Aristotle, his works acquired over the centuries virtual canonical status.

这么声名狼藉地闪躲与冷淡，并未损及亚里士多德作品,几个世纪以来真正代表的权威地位。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

Some of the worshippers in St.Peter's Square acknowledged the scandal would hurt the Church, but they seemed reluctant to be openly critical.

VOA: standard.2010.03.28

And I'm going to do this because, as Professor Guttag noticed to me, students seem reluctant to do this.

另外一件十分有用的事情就是去模拟代码，我之所以要这么做，是因为Guttag教授，提醒过我，说学生们不是很情愿来做这个。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

Sometimes they're reluctant to take part in important training such as fire safety classes and child identification programs, which guard against abduction.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

So, I am reluctant to say it's purely religious.

所以，我不能说它是完全宗教的。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Beijing,which has extensive trade and economic ties with Tehran, has been reluctant to press for new sanctions.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

It was kind of funny at that time, decades ago, some of the people were kind of reluctant, but they said we just had to go with the flow.

在几十年前，这是很有趣的，有些人对此感到犹豫不决，但是他们还是决定随波逐流。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

Analysts say the biggest problem is high unemployment, which weakens demand and makes banks reluctant to lend.

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

And he was a reluctant genius.

他是不情愿做天才。

麻省理工公开课 - 电影哲学课程节选

The president has been reluctant to make a decision while Afghanistan's political future was in doubt.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Many a scholar are very reluctant to admit that there's any Mycenaean stuff here, although they cannot fail to concede that some of the physical implements that are found at Mycenaean sites are precisely like what Homer says.

许多学者不愿承认,存在于迈锡尼文明时期的文物,尽管他们勉强同意,在迈锡尼文明遗址中发现的文物,和荷马描述的非常接近

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Other critics say some countries are reluctant to seek an emergency loan because it could be viewed as a stigma by the financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

People were reluctant.

人们动摇了。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Gates says Yemen's president appears to be reluctant to support the idea, because it would imply his government is not capable of handling the resettlement.

VOA: standard.2009.05.06

If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.

如果效益不好他们应该减少红利,但是公司不愿意这样做,是因为这样显得很糟糕,所以他们一直拖延着不去减少红利

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

In one year,that number would double. The auto industry was failing, banks had become reluctant to lend and Americans were losing their homes in record numbers.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

Politicians are reluctant to cut taxes, but they do it gradually.

政客们虽不愿削减税费，但还是逐渐地那么做了。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Officials were initially reluctant to link the Times Square attempt to foreign terrorists.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

Of course, banks would be reluctant to do it by themselves, but the government's coming with a checkbook to write the money, so they can make the mortgage, and guarantees it.

当然,银行不愿亲自操刀,但是政府带着大量拨款来了,由他们发放抵押贷款,并给予担保

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Latinos in particular fear that they will be racially targeted by police on the basis of their appearance, and said it will make undocumented immigrants reluctant to report crimes or cooperate in police investigations.

VOA: standard.2010.04.28

Russia has been reluctant to impose sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

A WHO official in Jerusalem says the agency believes Israel is reluctant to allow certain items, such as batteries and electronic equipment into Gaza because it considers those items could potentially be used for military purposes.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

Many banks have been reluctant to loan money because they are unsure if they will need their cash reserves to cover the cost of billions of dollars in questionable loans, which are frequently referred to as toxic assets.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23