She reluctantly agreed to step down as managing director.

reluctantly 是副词，由形容词 reluctant（不情愿的）加上后缀 -ly 构成。reluctant 来自拉丁语 reluctari（抵抗、反对），表示"不愿意做某事"的状态。reluctantly 表示"不情愿地、勉强地"做某事。