Loath
[ləʊθ] or [loθ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; 'a reluctant smile'; 'loath to admit a mistake' .
艾琳校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Hateful; odious; disliked.
(a.) Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part.
奥尔登錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Reluctant, backward, unwilling, averse, disinclined, indisposed, not disposed.
埃米尔編輯
解釋/意思:
adj. disliking: reluctant unwilling.—adv. Loath′ly.—n. Loath′ness.
編輯:卡罗尔
例句/造句/用法:
- She was immensely happy to be free of the place, and yet loath to go. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- No doubt the Greek artists who came to Gandhara were loath to relinquish a familiar theme. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The people are loath to kill them--do not kill them, in fact. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Mother and sisters gathered close, as if loath to give Meg up. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Nothing loath, Helena did so, and was shortly one mass of delicious bloom, from which her face peered out like some laughing Dryad. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The intellectual man has been loath to come to grips with the forcible man. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Phaidor, though loath to believe that Issus was allied to such as these, had commenced to entertain doubts and fears. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
辛迪校對