loth
英 [ləʊθ]
美 [loʊθ]
adj. 不乐意的; 不情愿的; 勉强的
BNC.37266 / COCA.33209
柯林斯词典
- → see:loath
英英释义
adj
- unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
- a reluctant smile
- loath to admit a mistake
双语例句
- Why are young Japanese so loth to procreate?
那么,为何日本的年轻人不愿意生育子女呢? - He was loth to burden his two daughters.
他勉强可以负担两个女儿的生活。 - 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。 - He was loth to believe that one so wise could err, that one so lofty could stoop to deceive.
他不愿相信这么聪明的人会误入歧途,这么高傲的人会坠落到骗人的地步。 - The system has been applied to the traffic management during the lOth national games of China, and achieved good results.
系统开发成功后被应用于十运会举行期间的交通管理,取得了良好的效果。 - But, like Knights of old, AIDS-vaccine researchers are loth to quit.
但就像那些忠诚而年老的骑士,科学家们不愿放弃。 - 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。 - America and Britain are loth to do anything that might jeopardise their links with pakistan's army and its intelligence services.
美国和英国不喜欢做些事情来损害他们与巴基斯坦军队和情报机构的关系。 - Editors are loth to import continental European restrictions, which forbid celebrities being photographed in public without their consent and can shield public figures from scrutiny of private vices.
编辑们不愿引进欧洲大陆在这方面的限制,他们禁止在未经过名人的同意在公共场合对其拍照,并保护公众人物不被监视私生活的阴暗面。 - Pakistan might be less loth to use battlefield nuclear weapons against an aircraft-carrier strike force than soldiers on its own soil.
相比于用战地核武器对付那些士兵。巴基斯坦可能更乐意,在自己的国土上使用战地核武器来对付具有攻击力的航空母舰。
