loath

loath, loth /ləʊθ $ loʊθ/ adjectiveadj

be loath to do something formalWILLING# to be unwilling to do something 不愿意做某事 SYN reluctant OPP willing

Sarah was loath to tell her mother what had happened.

萨拉不愿意告诉母亲所发生的事。

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be loath to do something• He seemed loath to raise the subject.• On the other hand, if I were just too fascinating the gallant gentlemen might be loath to drown me.• She is loath to encourage folks to sit tight.• By the time Frodo reaches Mount Doom he is loath to get rid of the Ring.• White House officials said that President Bush was loath to impose burdens on industry as the country began to emerge from recession.• Congressmen are loath to limit the amount of time they can be in office.• Yet he is loath to part with skilled people who could prove difficult to replace come the upturn.• None the less, doctors were loath to reveal their predictions to patients, unless, of course, complete recovery was expected.• People at that time were loath to take any action.• His mother was still asleep and he was loath to wake her.

Examples from the Corpus

loath• She was absolutely loath to do it and shuddered to imagine how he would react when he found out.• On the other hand, if I were just too fascinating the gallant gentlemen might be loath to drown me.• She is loath to encourage folks to sit tight.• It was my home for many months, so much so that when at last I was discharged, I was loath to leave.• Yet he is loath to part with skilled people who could prove difficult to replace come the upturn.• Even the Church will today readily admit this, while remaining loath to relinquish many of the benefits obtained by the deception.• People at that time were loath to take any action.

Origin loath

Old English lath

loath adjectiveadj

Chinese

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 19026 COCA: 16958

loath

Not willing to do something: unwilling, reluctant, unhelpful...

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