reacio
reluctant ; coy ; reticent ; disinclined ; resistive ; averse ; refractory.
Then there are those children made to think themselves failures because of the hammer-blow terms like dull, backward, retarded, underprivileged, disadvantaged, handicapped, less able, slow, rejected, remedial, reluctant, disturbed.
Although it is coy about admitting the fact it is only mentioned twice in the whole of the thirty pages of publicity material it is in effect a generalized and modernized Thesaurofacet: a facetted classification with a thesaurus structure forming an integral part.
Some library members are still reticent about using technological innovations such as microfiche readers so it may be only library staff who use the catalogue.
Many librarians are disinclined to make the necessary effort to collect statistics.
This game was developed in order to facilitate the therapeutic process for those children who are `inhibited, constrained or resistive'.
The advantage of an acoustic pulse as the averse stimulus is discussed.
However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
mostrarse reacio a
baulk at [balk at]
Bloomington has a well-used circulating periodicals collection and library users responded enthusiastically to InfoTrac2, although staff baulked at the $2,500 annual cost.
persona reacia a la lectura
aliterate
A study of seventh graders at a school in Texas revealed 3 categories of aliterates: dormant, uncommitted, and unmotivated.
reacio a
refractory to
Acupuncture may be an effective tool for helping to alleviate nausea and vomiting in patients refractory to standard premedication.
reacio a + Infinitivo
unwilling to + Infinitivo
I have found in reading extracts from Scott's diary of his trip to the South Pole that pupils interrupted all the time to ask questions, until the final entries were reached, when everyone went very quiet, moved deeply by Scott's words and unwilling to bruise the emotion they felt.
reacio a la toma de riesgos
risk-averse
This is typical of the old corporate forms of hierarchy-based processes and of the 'risk-averse systems that crush new ideas'.
reacio al cambio
resistant to change
The problem reside in the fact that they environment we seek to tame and control is an open, unstructured dynamic process, while human organizations are static and highly resistant to change.
ser reacio a
be averse to
be reluctant
be loath to
Some respondents were not averse to describing IT merely as another bandwagon.
Many libraries are reluctant to reclassify stock and many libraries leave stock classified according to earlier editions long after the earlier edition has been superseded.
When the profession once more brought censorship under the spotlight in the 70s, it was less critical and more loath to take a stand.
