Averse
[ə'vɜːs] or [ə'vɝs]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Turned away or backward.
(a.) Having a repugnance or opposition of mind; disliking; disinclined; unwilling; reluctant.
(v. t. & i.) To turn away.
埃尔伯特編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Unwilling, disinclined, indisposed, reluctant, loath, backward, adverse, opposed.
編輯:珀西
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Hostile, disinclined, indisposed, repugnant, backward, unwilling, reluctant,loath
ANT:Ready, disposed, eager, prone, inclined, desirous
德洛丽丝校對
解釋/意思:
adj. having a disinclination or hatred (with to; from is however still used): disliking: turned away from anything: turned backward; (her.) turned so as to show the back as of a right hand.—n. Aversā′tion (obs.).—adv. Averse′ly.—n. Averse′ness.
沙琳編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- Intelligence and spirit are not often combined with steadiness; the stolid, fearless, nature is averse to intellectual toil. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The more he suffers, the more averse he will be to me, having made me the principal representative of the great occasion of his suffering. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- She was a poor, empty-headed, spiritless woman--what you call a born drudge--and I was now and then not averse to plaguing her by taking Anne away. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I was not averse to doing this, as it served to make me and my boat a commoner incident among the water-side people there. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- No, he was averse to it also. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The Count looked after him with a smiling face, and then devoted himself to Eunice, who was by no means averse to receiving his attentions. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- I cannot admire his taste, I remarked, if it is indeed a fact that he was averse to a marriage with so charming a young lady as this Miss Turner. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- He is very abstemious, hardly ever touching alcohol, caring little for meat, but fond of fruit, and never averse to a strong cup of coffee or a good cigar. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I am averse to useless massacre. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- It is not saying too much: I know what I feel, and how averse are my inclinations to the bare thought of marriage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- You are not averse to this trip, Watson? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- It is the more strange, since we know that Turner himself was averse to the idea. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Thirdly, because Anastatia is a little superstitious on the subject and feels averse to my giving away anybody until baby is old enough to be married. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I shall not be suspected of being averse to the Greek cause; I know and feel its necessity; it is beyond every other a good cause. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The mother is a lady of some station, though not averse to increasing her income. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The undisciplined mind is averse to suspense and intellectual hesitation; it is prone to assertion. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The chances are that she would be as averse to its being seen by Mr. Godfrey Norton, as our client is to its coming to the eyes of his princess. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
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