averse
/əˈvɜː(ɹ)s/ 形容词 C2中文： 反对的、嫌恶的、不愿意的
- Having a repugnance or opposition of mind. · The board is not averse to further talks.
- Turned away or backward.
- Aversant; of a hand: turned so as to show the back.
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The end of life was reserved for the Dog, wherefore the old man is often snappish, irritable, hard to please, and selfish, tolerant only of his own household, but averse to strangers and to all who do not administer to his comfort or to his necessities.
His cold and proud nature was always averse, however, from anything in the shape of public applause, and he bound me in the most stringent terms to say no further word of himself, his methods, or his successes—a prohibition which, as I have explained, has only now been removed.
You are not averse to this trip, Watson?”
“Now, speaking without any exaggeration, is your mother really so very much averse to this marriage?”
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