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loathness

/lohth, lohth/US // loʊθ, loʊð //UK // (ləʊθ) //

厌恶,厌恶感,厌恶情绪,厌烦

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : unwilling; reluctant; disinclined; averse: to be loath to admit a mistake.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indisinclination

Examples

  • Nevertheless, publishers are loath to let a good crisis go to waste and, like clockwork, are wheeling out a familiar pitch as the search for alternatives to third-party cookies sputters along.

  • Customize this crispy, cheesy spinach pie any way you like itTo this day I make some version of spanakopita regularly, except in the summer, when I am loath to turn on my oven or spend much time in the kitchen at all.

  • Although state park officials are loath to expand parking lots at crammed parks, Settina said they are working to expand access to a handful of state properties that have sat largely unvisited.

  • Still, Republicans are loath to give Democrats any political advantage.

  • The reports provide an unguarded accounting of bad behavior by airline customers, something executives hit by a steep drop in travel and billions in pandemic-related losses are loath to share themselves.

  • And while big celebrities loath its intrusion and sloppiness with facts, those chasing fame long to be in its pages.

  • These officials, however, are loath to talk about him on the record.

  • Washington, in particular, has been loath to do anything that might escalate.

  • Perhaps they're loath to identify themselves with a worldview that leaves so little room for nuance.

  • Similar to his predecessor in office, Obama appears loath to fire his White House staff.

  • He did not tell the name of his friend, who, as if loath to cross the plank, held back for a few more words.

  • Young Richard, never loath to fortify himself, proved amenable enough to the stiffly laced Canary that his friend set before him.

  • This warrior, very loath to miss the spectacle of a burning, sullenly glided after the woman.

  • The Pallas, as though loath to pass the wreck-pack, was curving inward to follow its rim.

  • Loath though I am to discredit so charming a story, duty compels me to state that it is wholly fictitious.