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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.
如果这听起来好象是因为艾亚尔在北京的五年使得她不愿意对这个问题给出一个明确的回答，确实是这样。这个问题她常常在她的书中提起，书名是《烟与镜：经历中国》。
Reluctant to work there, she either wandered along the wards or stayed at home, saying she was ill.
由于不情愿在那里工作，她要么在病房里闲逛着，要么呆在家里，声称自己生病了。
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。

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.
如果一市政府破产了,他们将无法支付,因此作为投资人,你可能不想购买它
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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。
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Accounting professionals also report their business clients largely remain reluctant to boost capital spending.
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