loath

形容词 loath:

1. unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom
   同义词：loth, reluctant
2. (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
   同义词：antipathetic, antipathetical, averse, indisposed, loth

1. He is loath to get out of bed on cold morning.
   在寒冷的早晨他讨厌起床。
2. He was loath to surrender his sweetheart to his wife; yet how refuse so trifling a present as a heifer?
   他实在不想将情人交给自己的老婆; 但是他又怎好拒绝象一头母牛这样的区区小意思呢？
3. I was loath to go with him.
   我不愿和他一起去。
4. He seemed somewhat loath to depart.
   他似乎不愿离去。

loath 也作 loth

adj.（形容词）
Unwilling or reluctant; disinclined:
讨厌：不愿意或不情愿；不想的：
例句：
I am loath to go on such short notice.
我不愿这么急急忙忙就走

来源：
Middle English loth [displeasing, loath]
中古英语 loth [令人不快的，讨厌的]
from Old English l3th [hateful, loathsome]
源自 古英语 l3th [厌恶的，可厌的]