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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Recent moaning that the American-led surge in Afghanistan may drive militants over the border suggests that at best many are loth to help their neighbour.
最近有人抱怨美国在阿富汗投入大量兵力也许会使武装分子越过边境，这种说法充其量说明许多人都不太愿意帮助它的邻居。 - Many Chinese are loth to give blood, believing it might weaken them.
很多人不愿意去卖，觉得那样会使他们的身体变虚弱。 - 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。 - Loth to apply sanctions, China props up Mr Kim's regime.
可中国支持金先生的政权，反对制裁。