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adamant

/ad-uh-muhnt, -mant/US // ˈæd ə mənt, -ˌmænt //UK // (ˈædəmənt) //

坚定不移地,坚定不移的,坚定不移,坚定的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
    • : too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
    • : a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.unyielding

Examples

  • I was adamant about staying active as much as my body could endure.

  • Barbara Bry, his opponent in the race, also a Democrat, was more adamant.

  • FDA regulators are adamant that a vaccine will not be approved until it is demonstrated to be safe and effective.

  • Gordon points out that selectively cutting one out of three old growth trees can be a good thing by opening up more light, but he’s adamant that clear-cutting should no longer be allowed in Alaska.

  • The Postal Service has been adamant that it can handle a nationwide increase in voting by mail in the general election.

  • Even the most adamant Obamacare opponent must acknowledge, as Kasich has, that its coverage expansion has helped some people.

  • They are also as adamant about the tone they want to strike.

  • They are adamant that their women-only concerts are not a result of religious rules.

  • Despite all the visual cues which might suggest otherwise, Manning was adamant that he was not trying to promote himself.

  • Many of the survivors were adamant that the fighters were made up of foreign nationals from all over the world.

  • He was strong; his will was adamant as the blade of Trenchefer; to save those dear ones a single pang—what would he not suffer!

  • Once he paused at the sealed door, and flung himself against it—adamant had scarce seemed firmer.

  • And how I thanked my God for the adamant bulwarks of coral that protected my ark from the fury of the treacherous seas!

  • I went to General Kock and pleaded with him, but he was adamant.

  • He moistened his lips, and glanced at her for succor, but she was adamant.