loath的意思|loath的解释-里氏词典

loath [lәuθ]

a. 不情愿的, 厌恶的

loath

[ adj ]

unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom

<adj.all>

a reluctant smile

loath to admit a mistake

(usually followed by `to') strongly opposed

<adj.all>

antipathetic to new ideas

averse to taking risks

loath to go on such short notice

clearly indisposed to grant their request

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[=i]dan to
suffer, go, cf. AS. l[=i][eth]an to go, Goth. leipan, and E.
lead to guide.]
1. Hateful; odious; disliked. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

2. Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling;
reluctant; as, loath to part.

Full loth were him to curse for his tithes.
--Chaucer.

Why, then, though loath, yet must I be content.
--Shak.

Though Ruder is a Reagan appointee, the administration is loath to nominate anyone who backs his view, and Senate Democrats won't approve anyone who doesn't.
It is ironic that the country most loath to impose capital controls is now in the position of having to persuade its allies to refrain from indiscriminately funding the Soviet Union.
But having won their monopolies, many companies are now loath to allow competition, and many will petition courts to maintain the status quo.
White House officials acknowledged yesterday that Democrats still are reluctant to publicly express support for the Packwood-Roth capital gains proposal because they are loath to buck Sen. Mitchell.
Robert H. Atwell, president of the American Council on Education, says, "We have hit the wall on minority participation and are loath to face the tough road ahead.
But, all too often, top-level resistance to radical change in strategy, organisation or culture is tolerated by executive colleagues reluctant to invite criticism of themselves, or by outside directors loath to rock the boat.
Many said they would be loath to support either the package in legislated form or a vote to postpone the $23 billion in automatic cuts.
Government regulators also seem loath to push for more safety features, given airlines' objections to additional rules that could boost ticket prices to a level beyond what most consumers would pay to fly.
This is partly because the other members are loath to have sterling back in. More importantly, the interest rate consequences of rejoining the ERM are quite unknown, but past experience suggests they are likely to be destabilising.
But party leaders will be loath to do this because lower house elections swallow large amounts of campaign funds. Mr Miyazawa is in an awkward position.
The short answer is that its biggest clients, the utilities, mostly use fossil fuels, especially coal, and the nuclear-power industry is loath to offend its potential customers.
This in turn is reducing the number of suppliers which large manufacturers need. The decline in employment in small businesses reflects the severity of their position because small companies are loath to lay off workers.
Both loath the IRA as well as the Protestant extremist groups that help perpetuate the legacy of hate and fear.
With the top tax rate on long-term gains at 28%, he's been loath to unload the $75,000 piece of property, fearing he'd have to turn over a quarter of his profit to the government.
Burned in the past, domestic and foreign investors are loath to put their money in productive projects, even more so after the Lithco debacle.
Bert Ely, an analyst based in Alexandria, Va., said institutions will be loath to pass on the fees to big depositors who move their money in and out of accounts in chunks of $100,000 or more.
Japanese exporters are making some efforts to reduce costs, but deep cuts have been avoided, and companies are loath to give up cosy labour practices.
Judging by the small increase in the pay-out yesterday, it is loath to take the risk.
Today, with the need for new power plants growing, utilities are loath to commit funds.
Yet Wall is loath to ask Congress for help a second year in a row.
Prime Minister Edouard Balladur might be loath to admit it, but the demise of his treasured franc fort policy may be exactly what the sluggish economy needs, writes Alice Rawsthorn.
Consumers may be moving house a little more frequently, but they are loath to spend money on high-margin kitchen units which cannot easily be moved with them.
We are loath to admit, even in jest, that misery and poverty are more than problems that will someday be solved.
They are loath to know something that may only anger them, says Ms. Barbanel, especially if they feel powerless to do anything about it.

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