英:['ɒbstɪnətlɪ]
美:[ˈɑbstənɪtlɪ]
英:['ɒbstɪnətlɪ]
美:[ˈɑbstənɪtlɪ]
词根:obstinate
adj.obstinate 顽固的;倔强的;难以控制的
n.obstinacy 固执,顽固;(病痛等的)难治,难解除
adjective
stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
obstinate resistance to change
not easily subdued, remedied, or removed
obstinate fever
Middle English, from Anglo-French obstinat, Latin obstinatus, past participle of obstinare to be resolved, from ob- in the way + -stinare (akin to stare to stand)
The first known use of obstinate was in the 14th century
obstructionnoun
an act of obstructing : the state of being obstructed
something that gets in the way : obstacle
obstructverb
to close up by an obstacle
a fallen tree obstructed the roadway
to be or get in the way of : hinder
lying to the police obstructs justice
obstructverb
to close up by an obstacle
a fallen tree obstructed the roadway
to be or get in the way of : hinder
lying to the police obstructs justice
obstructverb
to close up by an obstacle
a fallen tree obstructed the roadway
to be or get in the way of : hinder
lying to the police obstructs justice
obstreperousadjective
noisy and hard to control
obstinateadjective
sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
not easily overcome or removed
an obstinate fever
obstinateadjective
sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
not easily overcome or removed
an obstinate fever
obstinateadjective
sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
not easily overcome or removed
an obstinate fever
1 That is Final Fantasy XIII: a milestone of artistic conception and technical execution that has been egregiously undermined by obstinately prosaic overall design.
2 Produced in 2007 by Johannesburg's Market theatre, where Higginson is literary manager, the play vividly demonstrates how divisions of class, age and race obstinately persist in the post-apartheid world.
3 President Furio Truzzi told The Associated Press, however, that despite the overall decreases, pasta prices are obstinately high in some cities and that the group was still considering targeted strikes later this summer.
4 More than 30 cities had sued the gun industry for the costs of violence on their streets. Cuomo had brashly stepped into the legal swamp, hoping he could be the guy to force concessions from an obstinate industry.
5 A bass line repeats incessantly and obstinately for a dozen minutes.
6 What should they do about countries that remained obstinately independent from their neoliberal empire, countries like Iraq, Iran, Libya, Cuba and North Korea?
7 Nearly two decades later Codeine still sounds obstinately estranged.
8 Geographically, the city of Mariupol occupies only a tiny area on the map but it now stands obstinately in the way of Russian forces who have burst out of the Crimean peninsula.
9 She tried to send them away with a hard swallow, but they stayed lodged obstinately in her throat.
10 He didn't mention the Obstruction Twins by name, but there is little doubt that it's Sinema and Manchin he's speaking about, as they are the two most obstinately pro-filibuster Democrats in the Senate.
11 Obstinately he clung to his choice.
他固执地持他的选择。
12 Smith obstinately refused to carry out the order.
史密斯我行我素,拒不执行命令。
13 Rivers said medical issues, including a brain tumor, contributed to his present circumstances, but he also said he takes full responsibility for being an “obstinately” difficult rebel.
14 One obstinately or intolerably devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion.’
15 "I love his big mouth," said Mary obstinately.
“我喜欢他的大嘴巴。”玛丽固执地说。
16 “The teachers unions tend to be pretty obstinately opposed to going back to school,” Jeffries said.
17 Just about everything may have changed in British theatre over the last 65 years, but the disciplines of craft remain obstinately the same.
18 "If the DPP authorities obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way, and do not know how to draw back from the edge, it will only push Taiwan into a more dangerous situation."
19 My master caught a bad cold, that settling obstinately on his lungs.
我主人得了重感冒, 这感冒一直滞留在他的肺部.
20 The sun is shining obstinately; it’s another beautiful day, apart from a distant, unremarkable line of cumulus congestus, the type you’d see on many a summer’s day in the UK.
1 顽固地