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

• He was loth to burden his two daughters.
  他勉强可以负担两个女儿的生活。
• The new finance minister seems loth to cut income tax.
  新任财政部长似乎不愿削减所得税。
• International banks are already required to file reports on suspicious activity, and are loth to criticise anti-terrorism efforts publicly, no matter how onerous.
  国际各大银行已被要求对可疑行为进行报告，但无论这多麻烦，它们都不愿公开批评反恐努力。
• 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。
• Without strong government backing, the private sector was loth to fork out.
  没了政府撑腰，私人企业掏起钱来心不甘情不愿。
• Firms may also be loth to enter the market.
  制药厂商们也无意进入这一市场。
• Venn was loth to depart, for all on earth that interested him lay under this roof.
  文恩很不乐意走，因为世界上唯一使他关心的人就在这所房子里。
• As a private-equity executive explains," People are loth to commit money for five to ten years at a time when they don't have clarity about what the next six months look like. "
  诚如一名私募主管解释说：“如果连接下来六个月的形势都看不清，又有谁愿意一次性投资周期长达五到十年的基金呢。”
• 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。
• 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。