Loath
[ləʊθ] or [loθ]
解释:
(adj.) unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; 'a reluctant smile'; 'loath to admit a mistake' .
艾琳校对--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Hateful; odious; disliked.
(a.) Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part.
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同义词及近义词：
a. Reluctant, backward, unwilling, averse, disinclined, indisposed, not disposed.
埃米尔编辑
解释:
adj. disliking: reluctant unwilling.—adv. Loath′ly.—n. Loath′ness.
编辑:卡罗尔
例句:
- She was immensely happy to be free of the place, and yet loath to go. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- I was very loath to send Sherman, because his men needed rest after their long march from Memphis and hard fighting at Chattanooga. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- No doubt the Greek artists who came to Gandhara were loath to relinquish a familiar theme. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The people are loath to kill them--do not kill them, in fact. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Mother and sisters gathered close, as if loath to give Meg up. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Deed, I am loath,' returned Rachael, drying her eyes, 'that any here should see me like this; but I won't be seen so again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Nothing loath, Helena did so, and was shortly one mass of delicious bloom, from which her face peered out like some laughing Dryad. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- The intellectual man has been loath to come to grips with the forcible man. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Phaidor, though loath to believe that Issus was allied to such as these, had commenced to entertain doubts and fears. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
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