recalcitrant

英 [rɪˈkælsɪtrənt]

美 [rɪˈkælsɪtrənt]

adj.  不守规章的; 不服从指挥的; 桀骜不驯的; 难以控制的

复数：recalcitrants　

GREIELTS

BNC.14128 / COCA.17985

牛津词典

adj.

• 不守规章的；不服从指挥的；桀骜不驯的；难以控制的
  unwilling to obey rules or follow instructions; difficult to control

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不服从命令的；顽抗的
  If you describe someone or something asrecalcitrant, you mean that they are unwilling to obey orders or are difficult to deal with.
  1. The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities...
     危险在于抗命不遵的地方当局将拒绝履行他们的职责。
  2. He had a knack for coaxing even the most recalcitrant engine to life.
     即使是最难摆弄的发动机他都有本事搞定。

英英释义

adj

• marked by stubborn resistance to authority
  1. the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators
• stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  1. a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
  2. a refractory child
  Synonym:fractiousrefractory

双语例句

• For recalcitrant Republicans, taxes must not be raised.
  而在誓死反抗的美国共和党人看来，提税也是不容为之的。
• Membrane proteins have always been the bane of crystallographers and GPCRs were especially recalcitrant.
  膜蛋白的存在形式是使得结晶化失败的原因，而gpcrs尤其顽抗。
• FOR snivelling children and recalcitrant carnivores, requests that they should eat five portions of fruit and vegetables every day have mostly fallen on deaf ears.
  对爱哭鼻子的孩童以及固执的食肉者来说，要求他们每天食用五份水果或蔬菜总是会变成耳边风的。
• This paper summarizes the principles, means and affecting factors of cryopreservation of recalcitrant seeds, and affirms that cryopreservation is the best means for long-term preservation.
  探讨了超低温保存的基本原理、方法和影响因素等，肯定了超低温是一种长期保存顽拗性种子的最佳手段。
• The donkey was of a recalcitrant temperament and had to be pulled around wherever it went.
  驴子脾性难驯，无论去何处都得牵着它。
• We can turn around the most recalcitrant of them.
  我们就能改变他们中大部分的顽固分子。
• We think some of the more recalcitrant or less reactive oil components are still there in the water.
  “我们认为深水中仍然有一些顽强的或者较不活泼的石油组分”。
• Tissues of many mature trees remain somewhat recalcitrant in response to most standard practices.
  但许多成熟树木的基本组织对大部分标准实验来说，仍然有点棘手。
• Oaks are very recalcitrant.
  橡树是很难对付的。
• A recalcitrant teenager; everything revolves around a refractory individual genius.
  执拗的少年；万事都包含着难控制的个体天赋。