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If it sounds like Aiyar’s five years in Beijing have left her reluctant to give a definitive answer to this question—one she poses often in her book, Smoke and Mirrors: An Experience of China—she is.
如果這聽起來好象是因爲艾亞爾在北京的五年使得她不願意對這個問題給出一個明確的廻答，確實是這樣。這個問題她常常在她的書中提起，書名是《菸與鏡：經歷中國》。
Reluctant to work there, she either wandered along the wards or stayed at home, saying she was ill.
由於不情願在那裡工作，她要麽在病房裡閑逛著，要麽呆在家裡，聲稱自己生病了。
Politicians are reluctant to cut taxes, but they do it gradually.
政客們雖不願削減稅費，但還是逐漸地那麽做了。

Many have been reluctant to speak publicly. One member of Shaare Zion, Ezra Kassin,told reporters he did not believe the charges.
Cities go bankrupt and they just can't pay, so you as a buyer of these bonds feel reluctant to invest in them.
如果一市政府破産了,他們將無法支付,因此作爲投資人,你可能不想購買它
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We were kind of reluctant to take on ideas from Germany, of all places, but we finally did.
我們美國人有點不願意接受,德國人的想法，不過我們最後還是接受了。
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Accounting professionals also report their business clients largely remain reluctant to boost capital spending.
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