英语释义

• (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed;

  "antipathetic to new ideas"

  "averse to taking risks"

  "loath to go on such short notice"

  "clearly indisposed to grant their request"

• unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom;

  "a reluctant smile"

  "loath to admit a mistake"

  "unwilling to face facts"

片语

loath eager不情愿的

loath a不愿意的

be loath不愿意

reluctant不情愿的；勉强的；顽抗的

to loath厌恶

narrow使变狭窄

nothing loath很乐意

loath h不情愿的

loath unwilling勉强的

unwilling不愿意的；不情愿的；勉强的

英汉例句

• french media interviews reveal older workers are loath to accept later retirement, while students fear job losses if older workers are forced to postpone retirement.

  法国的媒体采访显示老工人不接受推迟退休，而学生们则担心老工人推迟退休会使他们失去工作。

• but at least in most places, we remain loath to both cherish and consume whales.

  但是，至少在大多数地区，我们仍然不愿意既珍惜鲸鱼又毁灭鲸鱼。

• a house is a long-term commitment that many are loath to make in uncertain times like these.

  一栋房子需要长期承担责任，而许多人不愿在这种不确定的时期去这么做。

• loath to spend if he doesn「t have to, feeney beats both buffett and kamprad in the donation category, giving out fewer grants than only the ford and bill &melinda gates foundations.

  菲尼的捐助与巴菲特和坎普拉德的基本一致，其实他完全可以不必那样做，但他只比福特、比尔和梅林达盖茨的基金会赠款少一些而已。

• utilities have been loath to publicize the russian bomb supply line for fear of spooking consumers: the fuel from missiles that may have once been aimed at your home may now be lighting it.

  公用公司不愿公开这个俄罗斯导弹供给线，怕吓到那些用户：那些燃料来自曾经对着你家的导弹，而现在却在给你们供电。

• but a public beleaguered by lost jobs seems loath to embrace such an idea.

  不过，受到失业困扰的美国公众看来对这样的主意深恶痛绝。

• with reason, american negotiators are loath to agree to a binding commitment without senate approval.

  美国谈判者在参议院审核通过前，似乎没有理由同意一项约制的承诺。

• often, he says, field studies of his gadgets result in 「success catastrophes」 — the devices prove so popular that testers and their families are loath to return them.

  他说，常常这方面的研究工具会导致「成功的灾难」——这些装置很受欢迎，测试者家庭都不愿意归还。

• clinton is unwilling to acknowledge these problems, and her staff is loath to admit her occasional mistakes.

  克林顿不愿正视这些问题，她的手下也极不情愿承认她偶尔犯下的错误。

• in europe, by contrast, prosperous and productive germans are loath to lend more aid to the greeks because they」re, well, greeks, whom they regard as profligate.

  相比之下，在欧洲，繁荣富饶的德国人却并不情愿对希腊施以更多援手，因为希腊人被他们视作放蕩之徒。

• having gained these territories in the corners of the kingdom, china has been loath to ever let them go.

  在王国的各个角落获得这些领土之后，中国一直是不情愿放弃的。

• alas, i am loath to cheapen her existence and dignify the city’s anti-cat stance by creating a dog-like defense for her.

  哎，我讨厌用狗一般的姿态保护玛贝尔，这简直就是在贬低她的存在，助长这个城市讨伐猫咪的声音。

• everyone had his own idea on that subject and was loath to relinquish it, just as everyone had ideas about the color and cut of the uniforms.

  对于这个问题，正像对于军服的颜色和式样什么的，每个人都有自己的主张，并且都不愿意放弃。

• with billions of dollars on the line, companies are loath to declare a new drug ineffective.

  数以亿计的美元源源不断的花掉，然后制药公司才不情愿的宣布某种药物无效。

• loath to disappoint the children, he was ready to climb the tree.

  我们爬不上去。”他不想使孩子们失望，便準备爬上树去。

• women, however, are loath totrust men who bring up the subject too early, perhaps as they have more to lose from pregnancy.

  但是女人并不愿信任过早示爱的男人，也许是因为她们怀孕了之后失去的更多。

• the legal uncertainty would further hamper the banks, which would be loath to extend credit for fear they might yet be forced to make depositors whole.

  法律上的不确定性将会进一步制约银行，银行将不情愿提供信用贷款，因为它们害怕会被勒令补偿储户。

• second, our sense of superiority over other animals has made us loath to accept the idea that they can have such presumably complex feelings as love.

  另外，我们凌驾于动物之上的优越感让我们不情愿接受动物拥有诸如爱情这样复杂情感的观点。

• it's a telltale example of the difficulties of working with imperfect allies in the war on terror, something obama is understandably loath to mention.

  这是一个反恐战斗中同不完美的同盟合作存在诸多困难经典案例，这事奥巴马厌恶提及也是可以理解的。

相似词

unwilling不愿意的；不情愿的；勉强的

reluctant不情愿的；勉强的；顽抗的

unwilling不愿意的；不情愿的；勉强的

averse反对的；不愿意的

backward向后的；倒退的；（人）智力迟钝的；落后的；（场地位置）线后的

reluctant不情愿的；勉强的；顽抗的

相反词

disposed处理；配置；使适应（dispose的过去分词）；使有倾向

inclined使……倾向（incline 的过去式和过去分词）