averse

adjective

/əˈvɜːs/

/əˈvɜːrs/

[not before noun]

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not averse to (doing) something liking something or wanting to do something; not opposed to doing something喜欢；想做；不反对做
- I mentioned it to Kate and she wasn't averse to the idea.我向凯特提起这个想法，她不反对。
Topics Preferences and decisionsc2
averse to (doing) something (formal) not liking something or wanting to do something; opposed to doing something不喜欢；不想做；反对做
- He was averse to any change.他反对任何改变。
Topics Preferences and decisionsc2

Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin aversus ‘turned away from’, past participle of avertere, from ab- ‘from’ + vertere ‘to turn’.