loath 音标拼音: [l'oθ]
a . 不情愿的,勉强的
不情愿的,勉强的
loath adj 1 :
unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom ; "
a reluctant smile "; "
loath to admit a mistake " [
synonym :
{
loath }, {
loth }, {
reluctant }]
2 : (
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 "
[
synonym : {
antipathetic }, {
antipathetical }, {
averse (
p )},
{
indisposed (
p )}, {
loath (
p )}, {
loth (
p )}]
Loath \
Loath \ (
l [=
o ]
th ),
a . [
OE .
looth ,
loth ,
AS .
l [=
a ][
eth ]
hostile ,
odious ;
akin to OS .
l [=
a ][
eth ],
G .
leid ,
Icel .
lei [
eth ]
r ,
Sw .
led ,
G .
leiden to suffer ,
OHG .
l [
imac ]
dan to suffer ,
go ,
cf .
AS .
l [
imac ][
eth ]
an to go ,
Goth .
leipan ,
and E .
lead to guide .]
1 .
Hateful ;
odious ;
disliked . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Filled with disgust or aversion ;
averse ;
unwilling ;
reluctant ;
as ,
loath to part .
[
1913 Webster ]
Full loth were him to curse for his tithes .
--
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
Why ,
then ,
though loath ,
yet must I be content .
--
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "
loath ":
afraid ,
apathetic ,
averse ,
backward ,
balking ,
balky ,
dilatory ,
disinclined ,
grudging ,
hesitant ,
indifferent ,
indisposed ,
laggard ,
perfunctory ,
reluctant ,
renitent ,
restive ,
slow ,
slow to ,
uneager ,
unenthusiastic ,
unwilling ,
unzealous
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