[ləuθ]
loath
a. 不愿意的,勉强的

例句与用法:

  1. He is loath to get out of bed on cold morning.
    在寒冷的早晨他讨厌起床。
  2. He was loath to surrender his sweetheart to his wife; yet how refuse so trifling a present as a heifer?
    他实在不想将情人交给自己的老婆;但是他又怎好拒绝象一头母牛这样的区区小意思呢?
  3. I was loath to go with him.
    我不愿和他一起去。
  4. He seemed somewhat loath to depart.
    他似乎不愿离去。

英英解释:

形容词 loath:

  1. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
  2. 同义词:loth, reluctant
  3. (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
  4. 同义词:antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loth