Tra từ willing - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 willing
2 not willing
saying yes or no YES/NO
see also WANT

1 willing
- if you agree that you will do sth, you are willing (to do sth) (not before a noun), ready (to do sth) (not before a noun), prepared (to do sth) (not before a noun); noun (U): willingness
I'm not willing to work on Sundays. ◎ 'Would you be prepared to lend us the van next week?' 'Yes, of course.' ◎ Thanks for your willingness to help.
- very willing to do sth: eager (to do sth), keen (to do sth), keen on doing sth
eager volunteers ◎ keen supporters ◎ I'm quite keen to get involved in the project. ◎ Are you really keen on joining the army?
- willing to help: helpful
I wish he would try and be more helpful.
- happy to help: willing (adverb willingly)
willing assistants ◎ He offered his services willingly.
- willing to do what sb wants: cooperative
- if you do sth without being forced or asked, you do it of your own accord
I didn't have to ask him. He did it entirely of his own accord.
- to show that you are willing to do sth, you can use will, would
I'll phone her now if you want. ◎ I won't accept their offer. ◎ He said he wouldn't help me.
- to say that you are willing to do sth: agree to sth
Eric's agreed to lend us his car for the weekend.
- willing to leave things the way they are or as others want them: content (to do sth), content (with sth)
He's content to stay at home and look after the children. ◎ I'm quite content with my life at the moment.

2 not willing
- not ready to do sth: unwilling (adverb unwillingly); noun (U): unwillingness
She's unwilling to help. ◎ Chris went to school unwillingly. ◎ his unwillingness to get involved
- not willing to do what sb wants; not being helpful: uncooperative
She's being very uncooperative about the move.
- very unwilling: grudging (adverb grudgingly)
grudging thanks ◎ He grudgingly agreed to give me the money.
- to be unwilling to do sth because you are not sure if it is right: hesitate (to do sth), hold* back (from doing sth)
She hesitated to accept his offer. ◎ They held back until they had more information about the project.
- not willing and therefore slow to agree to do sth: reluctant (adverb reluctantly); noun (U): reluctance
I was reluctant to lend him the car because he's such a fast driver. ◎ I'm not surprised at your reluctance to go and see him.
※ refusing
- to say or show that you do not want to do, give, accept, etc sth: refuse (sth), refuse to do sth; noun (C/U): refusal
I offered him a lift but he refused. ◎ She refused to believe that he had gone for good. ◎ They refused to help us. ◎ We were surprised at his refusal to accept the job.
- to refuse to accept sb/sth: reject sb/sth; noun (C/U): rejection
Our offer has been rejected.
- to refuse to allow sb to go into a place: turn sb away
We were turned away from the night club.
- to refuse to accept sb who has applied for a job: turn sb down
- to refuse to accept an offer or suggestion: turn sth down
My suggestion was turned down.
- not wanting to do what other people want you to do: stubborn (adverb stubbornly); noun (U): stubbornness
She's too stubborn to apologize. ◎ He stubbornly refused to let her go.
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- to refuse directly without any discussion: refuse point-blank
I asked him to let me go but he refused point-blank.
- to refuse to change your mind: stand* firm
We should stand firm by our decision.
- to refuse to listen to what sb is saying: turn a deaf ear (to sb/sth)
I tried to convince him that my plan was sensible but he turned a deaf ear to me.