loath是什么意思_loath怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

(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"

中英词源

loath 厌恶的，不情愿的，不乐意的

来自古英语lath,厌恶，讨厌，来自PIE*leit,憎恶，词源同德语leiden,承受，忍受，伤心，来自其原始词义PIE*leit，向前，引导，前进，词源同lead,lode.并引申词义离别，伤心，最后到厌恶，讨厌。

loath (adj.): Old English lað "hated; hateful; hostile; repulsive," from Proto-Germanic *laithaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian leth "loathsome," Old Norse leiðr "hateful, hostile, loathed;" Middle Dutch lelijc, Dutch leelijk "ugly;" Old High German leid "sorrowful, hateful, offensive, grievous," German Leid "sorrow;" French laid "ugly," from Frankish (Germanic) *laid), from PIE root *leit- "to detest."

Weakened meaning "averse, disinclined" is attested from late 14c. Loath to depart, a line from some long-forgotten song, is recorded since 1580s as a generic term expressive of any tune played at farewells, the sailing of a ship, etc. Related: Loathness.

词态变化

权威造句

1. I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.: 我不愿意伸手去抓那闪亮的黄铜门环，怕把它弄脏。

2. He was loath to admit his mistake.: 他不愿承认自己的错误。

3. He is loath to get out of bed on cold mornings.: 在寒冷的早晨他讨厌起床.

4. When he suggested a meal, I was nothing loath.: 当他提议吃饭时, 我高兴极了 loathness

5. The little girl was loath to leave her mother.: 那小女孩不愿离开她的母亲.

近反义词

nothing loath 十分愿意

be loath to 不愿

相似短语

be loath to 不愿意…

loath to depart 送别的曲子

lief or loath 不管愿不愿意

nothing loath 很愿意,很乐意

be loath to do sth for sb 不愿为某人干某事

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. l- + oath => loath => loth, loathe.
2. 用手指指着他咒骂、诅咒。

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