obstinacy

英

美

n.  顽固，固执；顽强; （病痛等的）难治，难解除; 顽固的事例；固执行为

GRE

BNC.21402 / COCA.28241

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 固执的；执拗的；倔强的
  If you describe someone asobstinate, you are being critical of them because they are very determined to do what they want, and refuse to change their mind or be persuaded to do something else.
  1. He is obstinate and determined and will not give up...
     他非常顽固，而且又铁了心，是不会放弃的。
  2. She was a wicked and obstinate child.
     她是个淘气又执拗的孩子。
• ADJ-GRADED 难以移动的；难以改变的；难以消除的
  You can describe things asobstinatewhen they are difficult to move, change, or destroy.
  1. ...rusted farm equipment strewn among the obstinate weeds.
     扔在恣意蔓生的杂草丛中的锈迹斑斑的农具

英英释义

noun

• resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
  Synonym:stubbornnessbullheadednessobstinancepigheadednessself-will
• the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
  Synonym:stubbornnessobstinancemulishness

双语例句

• My friend could not understand his parents '"obstinacy" at first. To compromise, the designer suggested that the bed be modified into an antique.
  好友起先还不了解父母的顽固，设计师还提出了把床铺当古董改装的折衷方法。
• He denounced the obstinacy of the transport minister.
  他谴责运输部长的顽固不化。
• He bit the file to English obstinacy and broke his teeth.
  他要打破英国人的顽固而折断了牙齿。
• It is happening in this fashion because of the obstinacy of one woman.
  事情会如此发展是因为一个女人的固执己见。
• The most curious were baffled by her silence and the most tenacious by her obstinacy.
  最好奇的人在她那种沉默面前，最顽强的人在她那种固执面前也都毫无办法。
• Her obstinacy has me up a tree.
  她的倔犟使我进退两难。
• He had called several members of his family to witness to his wife's obstinacy.
  他叫了他家的几位亲属来证明他妻子的固执。
• Resulting from willfulness and obstinacy.
  由于任性和固执引起的。
• It's known by the name of perseverance in a good cause, and obstinacy in a bad one.
  目的好之时叫做忍耐，目的不好则叫做固执。
• He had told Tu chu-chai that Wu sun-fu's obstinacy and over-confidence would be his downfall.
  他说荪甫那样的刚愎自信是祸根。