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loath 音标拼音: [l'oθ] a. 不情愿的,勉强的 不情愿的,勉强的 loath adj 1: unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; " a reluctant smile"; " loath to admit a mistake" [ synonym: { loath}, { loth}, { reluctant}] 2: ( usually followed by ` to') strongly opposed; " antipathetic to new ideas"; " averse to taking risks"; " loath to go on such short notice"; " clearly indisposed to grant their request" [ synonym: { antipathetic}, { antipathetical}, { averse( p)}, { indisposed( p)}, { loath( p)}, { loth( p)}] Loath \ Loath\ ( l[= o] th), a. [ OE. looth, loth, AS. l[= a][ eth] hostile, odious; akin to OS. l[= a][ eth], G. leid, Icel. lei[ eth] r, Sw. led, G. leiden to suffer, OHG. l[ imac] dan to suffer, go, cf. AS. l[ imac][ eth] an to go, Goth. leipan, and E. lead to guide.] 1. Hateful; odious; disliked. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part. [ 1913 Webster] Full loth were him to curse for his tithes. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 23 Moby Thesaurus words for " loath": afraid, apathetic, averse, backward, balking, balky, dilatory, disinclined, grudging, hesitant, indifferent, indisposed, laggard, perfunctory, reluctant, renitent, restive, slow, slow to, uneager, unenthusiastic, unwilling, unzealous
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