obdurate
英 ['?bdj?r?t]
美['ɑbd?r?t]
- adj. 頑固的，執(zhí)拗的；冷酷無情的
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?obdurately;名詞:?obduracy;
中文詞源
obdurate 固執(zhí)的
ob-,相對，對著的，-dur,硬的，詞源同endure,during.引申詞義固執(zhí)的。
英文詞源
- obdurate (adj.)
- mid-15c., "stubborn; hardened," from Latin obduratus "hardened," past participle of obdurare "be hard, hold out, persist, endure," from ob "against" (see ob-) + durare "harden, render hard," from durus "hard" (see endure). Related: Obdurately.
雙語例句
- 1. Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo.
- 政府的一些部門可能正在作出改變，但是其他部門卻執(zhí)意維護(hù)現(xiàn)狀。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A third group were obdurate and still wanted to wait and see.
- 第三部分人則是頑固地還要等著看.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. The child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart.
- 這個孩子的悲慘遭遇即使最冷酷的心腸也會為之動情.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Even obdurate India has begun to look less of an outlier.
- 就連頑固的印度也開始表現(xiàn)得不那么像一個局外人.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Entrenched prejudices, obdurate opinions are as sterile as no opinionsall.
- 固有的偏見 、 執(zhí)拗的觀點與沒有觀點一樣貧瘠可憐.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)