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

• 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。
• In response, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday: China is strongly disappointed and sternly opposes the Japanese leader's obstinacy regarding his wrong position.
  对此，外交部发言人秦刚昨天表示：中方对日本领导人在钓鱼岛问题上顽固坚持错误立场表示强烈不满和坚决反对。
• Because of your obstinacy.
  因为你的固执。
• Because of your obstinacy, you may get yourself into a situation where your gallant fellow townsmen will be forced to avenge you by stringing up a few darkies.
  因为你的固执，你可能给自己惹出事来，那时本城一些正义的男人便不得不去吊死几个黑人替你报仇。
• 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。
• A cross with a bull-dog has affected for many generations the courage and obstinacy of greyhounds.
  把猎犬和斗牛狗杂交可影响许多代猎犬的勇猛和顽固性。
• He denounced the obstinacy of the transport minister.
  他谴责运输部长的顽固不化。
• I detected a certain obstinacy in his attitude.
  我发觉他的态度有几分固执。
• 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。
• Now he had become his destroyer a second time, since, but for his obstinacy Robertson might have effected his escape.
  现在他又第二次毁了他，要不是他刚愎自用，罗伯逊也许已经逃脱。