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. As much as we might be loath to admit it, what the Internet is saying about us matters.
不管你多么不情愿承认，互联网上关于我们的信息已经与我们切身相关了。
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2. 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。
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3. The renminbi could be an alternative in the far future -- but after the 2008 financial crisis, China is loath to open up its capital markets.
在遥远的未来人民币可能成为另一种储备货币──然而在2008年金融危机之后，中国并不愿意全面开放资本市场。
- 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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