obstinate

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ob·sti·nate /ˈɒbstənət $ ˈɑːb-/ adjectiveadj

1 STUBBORNdetermined not to change your ideas, behaviour, opinions etc, even when other people think you are being unreasonable 固执的，顽固的，倔强的 SYN stubborn

He was the most obstinate man I’ve ever met.

他是我遇到过的最固执的人。

Don’t be so obstinate!

别这么固执！

an obstinate refusal to obey

固执地拒绝服从

2 [only before noun] British EnglishBrEDIFFICULT difficult to deal with or get rid of 难以对付的；难以去除的；难治的

obstinate stains

顽固的污渍

a complex and obstinate issue

复杂又难缠的问题

—obstinately adverbadv

—obstinacy noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

obstinate• You know I'm right really. You're just being obstinate.• Ed is being obstinate again.• Old dirt is obstinate and also begins to destroy the fibres if left.• She had an obstinate chin, a cruel mouth and small arrogant eyes.• Good advice you just have to give way to these obstinate creatures.• An obstinate fellow, if ever there was one, and a very elusive one too.• Those words of my New Hampshire neighbor seem to mock my trivial but obstinate frustration.• A defendant can combat an obstinate refusal even to consider compromise by a shrewd payment into court, or a Calderbank offer.• The obstinate refusal of many males to support gun control is not chiefly a product of conditioning by the weapons industry.• an obstinate refusal to face facts• How do you deal with an obstinate teenager who always says she isn't hungry?

obstinate refusal• A defendant can combat an obstinate refusal even to consider compromise by a shrewd payment into court, or a Calderbank offer.• The obstinate refusal of many males to support gun control is not chiefly a product of conditioning by the weapons industry.• Ballater sensed obstinate refusal rather than a willingness to bargain.

Origin obstinate

(1300-1400) Latin past participle of obstinare “to be determined”

ob·sti·nate adjectiveadj

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