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adamant

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ad·a·mant /ˈædəmənt/ adjectiveadj  
DETERMINEDdetermined not to change your opinion or a decision that you have made 固执的；坚定不移的
 She begged me to change my mind, but I remained adamant.
她求我改变主意，但我坚决不肯。
adamant that
 Madonna is adamant that she will not tour this year.
麦当娜坚持今年不作巡回演出。
—adamantly adverbadv
 Britain is adamantly opposed to the new directive.
英国坚决反对那项新指令。
Examples from the Corpus
adamant• To this day, Matthews is adamant about his innocence.• Old-timers were very adamant about which medicines worked for them and which did not.• The man in the shop was adamant. "Definitely not, " he said.• Nicolson was always adamant in his belief that his films did not encourage drug-taking.• Nicholson was always quite adamant in his own mind that his films did not encourage drug taking.• The Prime Minister was adamant on this point.• The Salinas government is adamant that a large devaluation would be both damaging and unnecessary.• Stevens is adamant that Golding and his council colleagues have failed to address prejudice in city government.• Taylor was adamant that she was not going to quit.• The commission says it's adamant that the public will have the final say.
remained adamant• For two years critics argued that nuclear power stations should not be included in the sale, but the government remained adamant.• Part of her could barely believe what she was about to do; but the stronger part remained adamant.• They asked again, but he remained adamant.• He maintained his refusal to comment on the polls, and remained adamant he would never do deals on proportional representation.• Her parents remained adamant, so much so that they consulted Granny Patin concerning the wording on their daughter's tombstone.• Other researchers, however, remained adamant that there are few if any gender differences in management.• Although he pathetically offered me an apology, I remained adamant until we struck a compromise.
Origin adamant
(800-900) Old French Latin adamas “hardest metal, diamond”, from Greek
ad·a·mant adjectiveadj
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TOEFL BNC: 9491 COCA: 11251
TOEFL BNC: 9491 COCA: 11251
TOEFL BNC: 9491 COCA: 11251

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