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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。” - 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。 - 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。 - He was loth to burden his two daughters.
他勉强可以负担两个女儿的生活。 - But the Pakistani army is loth to divert too many forces from the Indian border, until the peace process with India makes some progress.
但在与印度的和平进程有所改善之前，巴基斯坦却对从印度边境撤走大量兵力不甚情愿。 - That would also mean getting rid of underperforming clinical staff, changing working practices and making middle managers in underperforming trusts redundant-fights the health secretary may be loth to pick.
这也意味着要解雇能力不够的临床医务人员、改革工作实践、运转不佳的信贷公司将不需要中层管理人员每场仗可能都是卫生部长不愿打的。 - 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？