recalcitrant

英 [r?'k?ls?tr(?)nt] 美[r?'k?ls?tr?nt]

近義詞defiant

GRE暢通詞匯

名詞:?recalcitrance;

recalcitrant 難以控制的

re-,向后，往回，-calc,腳跟，踢，詞源同 calcaneus,decal,inculcate.引申詞義難以控制的。

recalcitrant: recalcitrant: [19] People who are recalcitrant are etymologically ‘kicking back’ against whatever restrains or upsets them. The word was borrowed from French récalcitrant, a descendant of the present participle of Latin recalcitrāre ‘kick back’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and calcitrāre ‘kick’, which in turn was derived from Latin calx ‘heel’.
recalcitrant (adj.): 1823, from French récalcitrant, literally "kicking back" (17c.-18c.), past participle of recalcitrare "to kick back; be inaccessible," from re- "back" (see re-) + Latin calcitrare "to kick," from calx (genitive calcis) "heel." Used from 1797 as a French word in English.

1. The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities.: 危險在于抗命不遵的地方當局將拒絕履行他們的職責。

2. The University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstraters.: 這所大學(xué)把幾個反抗性最強的示威者開除了.

3. He had a knack for coaxing even the most recalcitrant engine to life.: 即使是最難擺弄的發(fā)動機他都有本事搞定。

5. Questions about norms and spectra are likely to be recalcitrant.: 有關(guān)范數(shù)和譜的問題多半是難解的.