loth

英 [ləʊθ]

美 [loʊθ]

adj.  不乐意的; 不情愿的; 勉强的

IELTS

BNC.37266 / COCA.33209

柯林斯词典

• → see:loath

英英释义

adj

• unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
  1. a reluctant smile
  2. loath to admit a mistake
  Synonym:loathreluctant

双语例句

• Loth to apply sanctions, China props up Mr Kim's regime.
  可中国支持金先生的政权，反对制裁。
• Ministers have been loth to debate its details.
  关于细节的推敲，大臣也是勉强为之。
• Banks are loth to admit to losses but cracks are beginning to show.
  银行不愿承认失败，但是裂痕已经出现。
• Many such countries have been loth to tap the fund because of the stigma involved.
  东欧许多国家不情愿求助于国际货币基金组织，因为这带有许多耻辱的痕迹。
• Another reason is that it is loth to give ammunition to the protectionist lobby.
  另一个原因是它讨厌给贸易保护主义议员（击中国）供弹药。
• Pushtuns, members of the country's largest ethnic group, to which most insurgents belong, are loth to sign up.
  普什图人组成了全国最大的宗教团体，同时掌握着多数反抗者，但他们不愿签约受到雇佣。
• But, like Knights of old, AIDS-vaccine researchers are loth to quit.
  但就像那些忠诚而年老的骑士，科学家们不愿放弃。
• He was loth to believe that one so wise could err, that one so lofty could stoop to deceive.
  他不愿相信这么聪明的人会误入歧途，这么高傲的人会坠落到骗人的地步。
• Firms may also be loth to enter the market.
  制药厂商们也无意进入这一市场。
• He was loth to burden his two daughters.
  他勉强可以负担两个女儿的生活。