loath
loath 英 [ləʊθ, ləʊð] 美 [loθ, loð]
adj. 勉强的；不情愿的（等于loth）
名词复数:loaths
- If you are loath to do something, you really don't want to do it. If you are reluctant to go swimming, people will say you are loath to swim, but if they are really mean — they may throw you in anyway.
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- adj. 勉强的；不情愿的（等于loth）
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1. He was loath to admit his mistake.
他不愿承认自己的错误。
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2. I am loath to go on such short notice.
我不愿这么急急忙忙就走
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3. I was loath to leave.
我不愿离开。
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4. I earned his cordial loathing.
他从心底里讨厌我。
- loath (adj.) Old English lað "hated; hateful; hostile; repulsive," from Proto-Germanic *laithaz (source also of Old Saxon leth, Old Frisian leed "loathsome," Old Norse leiðr "hateful, hostile, loathed;" Middle Dutch lelijc, Dutch leelijk "ugly;" Old High German leid "sorrowful, hateful, offensive, grievous," German leid "hateful, painful"), from PIE root *leit- (1) "to detest."
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