Having gained these territories in the corners of the kingdom, China has been loath to ever let them go.
The sea shells pressed into the sand and intertwined in seaweed are so artistic and delicate that the visitor is loath to disturb them by pocketing a souvenir.
Mr. Paul was loath to guide his five children in any vocational direction, although three of them followed him into careers in medicine.
The lovers were exceedingly loath to separate.
I was very loath to dispose of them for a trifle.
As you can imagine, I was nothing loath to miss the Sunday morning church parade and readily volunteered to walk the dogs instead.
Usually it is the children, not the parents, who are loath to spend their evenings practising spelling and learning times tables.
I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.
Often, he says, field studies of his gadgets result in "success catastrophes" - the devices prove so popular that testers and their families are loath to return them.
Utilities have been loath to publicize the Russian bomb supply line for fear of spooking consumers: the fuel from missiles that may have once been aimed at your home may now be lighting it.
Union chiefs, who sometimes persuaded members to take pension sweeteners in lieu of raises, are loath to surrender ground.
Most people are loath to spend their days in ceaseless conflict with authority, especially when it can only end in the defeat of the isolated individual.
The playboy wouldn't ever like to live with her, but he's nothing loath to take her out to the theatre or a restaurant.
She seemed somewhat loath to depart.
早已知道愛情是難捨難離long ago I began to know that love makes us loath to part早已知道愛一個人不該死心塌地I have also understood for a long time that one should not dead set on someone alone in love早已不再相信所謂天長地久的結局and I have already no longer believed in that so-calle
He is loath to get out of bed on cold morning.
Russia is loath to do that, as authorities in Moscow, gravely concerned about potential unrest by disgruntled unemployed workers, try to keep workers on the payroll.
Women, however, are loath to trust men who bring up the subject too early, perhaps as they have more to lose from pregnancy.
國文精選館
