obdurate

英 [ˈɒbdjərət]

美 [ˈɑːbdərət]

adj.  顽固的; 固执的; 执拗的

GRE法律

BNC.33357 / COCA.31789

牛津词典

adj.

• 顽固的；固执的；执拗的
  refusing to change your mind or your actions in any way

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 顽固不化的；倔强的；执拗的
  If you describe someone asobdurate, you think that they are being unreasonable in their refusal to change their decision or opinion.
  1. Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo.
     政府的一些部门可能正在作出改变，但是其他部门却执意维护现状。

英英释义

adj

• showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
  1. his flinty gaze
  2. the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
  Synonym:flintyflintgraniticstony
• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  Synonym:cussedobstinateunrepentant

双语例句

• All but the most obdurate sceptics must recognise that the probability of irreversible climate change is much greater than zero.
  除了最顽固的怀疑主义者以外，所有人都必须认识到，不可逆气候变化的发生几率远远大于零。
• He remained obdurate, refusing to alter his decision.
  他依然固执己见，拒不改变决定。
• Since young King Tommen and his counsellors have become so obdurate, we mean to broach the subject with King Stannis.
  既然年幼的托曼国王和他的顾问如此顽固不化，我们就准备跟史坦尼斯国王讨论这个问题。
• The president remains obdurate on the question of cutting taxes.
  总统在削减税收这个问题上依然顽固不化。
• Not giving way to pressure or persuasion; obdurate.
  固执的不屈服于压力的或不听从劝告的；固执的。
• Who so obdurate and dead to the claims of gratitude that would not thankfully acknowledge such priceless benefits?
  有谁会如此顽固不化、缺乏感激之心而不感谢得到了这些无估价的恩惠呢？
• Obdurate conscience of the old sinner ( bSir Walter Scott)
  这个老罪人毫无悔意（b沃尔特斯科特爵士）
• The thesis use the special method, according to the collar line form the obdurate area, trigonometry gridding the collar 3D interspace curve-side, complete the collar model's initial sculpt.
  最后，采用了双向插值的方法，依据领口线的形状所构成的封闭区域，进行三维衣领空间曲面三角网格化的造型。
• Where the initial memories of the city, even in the face of resolve in time, it is always the most obdurate attitude.
  那里是城市最初的回忆，哪怕在滴水穿石的时间面前，它也总是保持最执拗的姿态。
• So the employment data could be galvanic a sharp improvement could spur stocks onwards; continued obdurate disappointments could spark a market correction.
  因此，就业数据会令人激动明显的好转会推动股市上涨；而如果持续令人失望，则会引发市场回调。