"Wallet threat" is the reluctant act of pulling one's wallet out as a sign of willingness to pay for a meal that was assumed to be a treat.
“钱包威胁”是指这样一种行为：人们不情愿地把自己的钱包掏出来，表示愿意为一顿原以为是他人请客的饭局买单。
So when one monkey was handed a grape in exchange for her token, the second was reluctant to hand hers over for a mere piece of cucumber.
因此，当一只猴子用一颗葡萄来换回她的一个筹码时，另一只猴子不愿意用一颗葡萄换回一片黄瓜。
Most of the soldiers are reluctant conscripts.
大部分士兵都是不情愿的被征服役者。
The officers were still reluctant to unleash their troops in pursuit of a defeated enemy.
军官们仍不愿发兵追击溃敌。
They may also be friends of the chairman, so they are reluctant to upset the applecart.
他们也可能是主席的朋友，所以他们不愿从中捣乱。
They have been reluctant to admit AIDS patients, in part because of unfounded fears of contagion.
他们一直不愿意接收艾滋病人，部分原因是因为毫无根据对传染的恐惧。
She is reluctant to discuss the content of the play.
她不愿讨论这部话剧的内容。
Most of us are reluctant to start these conversations because we presume the opposite.
我们大多数人都不愿意开始这样的对话，因为我们的设想正好相反。
Even those artists who were most dependent on photography became reluctant to admit that they made use of it, in case this compromised their professional standing.
即使是那些最依赖摄影的艺术家也不愿意承认他们利用了摄影，以免损害他们的专业地位。
Some dancers may seem reluctant to participate in your project, because they do thrive on the immediacy of performing live.
有些舞者可能看起来不愿参与你的项目，因为他们靠现场表演的即时性获得发展。
Despite the poor service of the hotel, the manager is reluctant to invest in sufficient training for his staff.
尽管酒店的服务很差，经理还是不愿意为员工提供足够的培训。
For the better part of a century, most biologists have been reluctant to use those words, mindful of a principle of evolution that says "evolution cannot run backwards".
在大半个世纪里，大多数生物学家都不愿使用这些词，因为他们牢记着一条进化论的原则，即“进化不能倒退”。
Public health officials are reluctant to recommend the use of mosquito nets over children's beds in such areas.
公共卫生官员不建议在这些地区的儿童床上使用蚊帐。
Parents are reluctant to subject children to the pain of injections, but adults, who are at risk of serious complications from influenza, are commonly vaccinated.
父母不愿让孩子承受注射的痛苦，但成人由于有可能出现流感严重并发症，普遍会接种疫苗。
And I've heard lots of other reluctant exercisers say the same.
同时我听到许多其他的不情愿的锻炼者也同样这样说。
The patrolling navies are reluctant to arrest them because of the legal complexities.
因为法律上的繁琐，巡逻的海军也不情愿去逮捕他们。
And commercial Banks are reluctant to expose the idiosyncrasies of their loan books to the glare of market scrutiny.
而且商业银行也不愿将它们贷款账簿的特质暴露在市场的注视之下。
The kingdom is, in fact, a reluctant ally of Mr Saleh, as are the Western donors whose aid has long propped up his regime.
事实上，国王不愿与萨拉赫结盟，因为长期以来支持其统治的是西方支援者。
But the Ruhr is split into 53 municipalities, many of them reluctant to cede power or share resources.
但是鲁尔区被分了53个自治市，其中很大一部分都不情愿让出权力或者共享资源。
Many in the latter group are reluctant to think of themselves as hookers and are therefore lax about protecting themselves.
后者大多都不愿意把自己看成鸡，因此他们的自我保护工作非常不到位。
A key disadvantage is that they are sometimes reluctant to consider other points of view.
他们致命的弱势便是有时不愿考虑其它观点。
Their anxiety is the same as that of the reluctant researchers: they fear that such tests will sow doubt and discord.
就像那些不情愿的研究者们的焦虑一样：他们担心这种测试会带来各种猜疑和夫妻不和。
That is why I am always reluctant to publish books of the words of songs, for therein the soul must needs be lacking.
这就是为什么我总不愿意把我的歌词结集成书加以发表的原因，因为那样的话，里面一定是缺乏灵魂的。
LIKE confessions teased out of a reluctant suspect, scraps of information about Britain's relationship with foreign torturers are gradually coming to light.
如同从不情愿的嫌犯中套出供词般，关于英国与外国拷问者之间关系的相关信息也逐见天日。
He has never done much to dispel the sense that he is a reluctant member of the cabinet, implying in interviews that serving in it is more of a duty than a pleasure.
在采访中他暗示在内阁中不是乐趣而是责任，似乎他在内阁不是心甘情愿的，而他从未有任何行动来消除留给别人的这种感觉。
At first they offered emergency lending facilities, but Banks were reluctant to tap them, because of the stigma attached.
起初，它们曾经提供紧急借贷措施，但是银行并不愿意去选择它们，因为它们觉得这是耻辱。
At first they offered emergency lending facilities, but Banks were reluctant to tap them, because of the stigma attached.
起初，它们曾经提供紧急借贷措施，但是银行并不愿意去选择它们，因为它们觉得这是耻辱。
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