| 词汇 | loath |
| 释义 | loath adjective formal(alsoloth)uk /ləʊθ/ us /loʊθ/ be loath to do something to be unwilling to do something: 不愿做…，不情愿干… I'm loath to spend it all at once.我不想把它一次花光。 Synonyms averse indisposed(NOT WILLING)formal unwilling not wanting to do something unwillingShe was unwilling to hand over the money. loathI was loath to spend all the money at once. balkThe MP balked at a proposal to raise council tax. reluctantI was reluctant to leave because I was having such a good time. disinclinedI am disinclined to take on the extra work without more pay. Unwilling and reluctant arsed balk baulk be blowed if...idiom be in no mood for something/to do somethingidiom begrudge deign disinclination disinclined disobliging drag your heels/feetidiom indisposed indisposition jib rather you than meidiom reluctance reluctant reluctantly shagged wouldn't loath | American Dictionaryloath adjective[ + to infinitive ] us/loʊθ, loʊð/ unwilling; reluctant: She’d be loath to admit it, but she doesn’t really like opera. Examples of loathloath Most governments are loath to increase water prices for fear of political retribution from an active farm lobby. In fact habaneros are generally loath to own up to being especuladores (' speculators '). They are right to suspect that we would be loath to remove this rule; it serves the important function of preventing hallucinations. Without similar risk avoidance for other crops, farmers would naturally be loath to grow them. Physicians, as those in the profession are generally loath to admit, have repeatedly grossly and systematically violated ethical norms. This meant, of course, that the proprietor must fully divest himself of his property during his lifetime, a step that many were loath to take. Many social historians continue to heed his warning and are loath to use imaginative literature as a source. I "invented" my business and am loath to think of myself as an expert editor. They are loath to countenance properties that do not figure in our explanations in natural and social sciences. Not surprisingly, they proved loath to respond to their counterparts. Linguists know, however, that editors are loath to publish voluminous linguistic data. It shows itself loath to internalize the negative force of the utterances of its others in such a way as to set into historical motion what it posits. Most officials were loath to make such compromises out of a fear that accommodation would breed just the sense of askari superiority that the colonial administration hoped to forestall. Most historians are loath to accept that the significance of the past can be objectively determined, but consciously or unconsciously, they seek to impose significance upon the past. Her own innate scruples make her loath to occupy this all-providing, all-deciding, monolithic role among responsible, civilised mankind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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