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
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.- 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。 - She was a wicked and obstinate child.
她是个淘气又执拗的孩子。
- He is obstinate and determined and will not give up...
- 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.- ...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
- ...rusted farm equipment strewn among the obstinate weeds.
英英释义
noun
- resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
- the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
双语例句
- I resisted the proposal with obstinacy; and now I began to arm myself with arguments.
我顽强地反对他的提议,用许多道理来维护自己。 - 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。 - 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。 - He denounced the obstinacy of the transport minister.
他谴责运输部长的顽固不化。 - Indicating personality traits, such as meticulousness, avarice, and obstinacy, originating in habits, attitudes, or values associated with infantile pleasure in retention of feces.
肛门克制型的:指具有谨小慎微、贪婪,和固执的性格特征的,源于与儿童时期克制粪便排泄产生的快感有关而形成的习惯,态度和价值观。 - She knew too much of the obstinacy of men to oppose any of their ridiculous humours.
她深深懂得男人那股执拗性子,也就不硬去反对这种荒唐想法了。 - 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。 - Cindy's anger usually made him stand firm to the point of obstinacy.
辛迪一发怒,常常使他坚持自见,并达到执拗的地步。 - It is a very accountable obstinacy.
这是一种完全可以理解的固执态度。 - Her obstinacy has me up a tree.
她的倔犟使我进退两难。