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obstinateness

/ob-stuh-nit/US // ˈɒb stə nɪt //UK // (ˈɒbstɪnɪt) //

顽固性,倔强,顽固不化,顽固派

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
    • : characterized by inflexible persistence or an unyielding attitude; inflexibly persisted in or carried out: obstinate advocacy of high tariffs.
    • : not easily controlled or overcome: the obstinate growth of weeds.
    • : not yielding readily to treatment, as a disease.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noununruliness
Synonyms
assertiveness坚定性,自信,坚定不移,自负disorderliness紊乱,秩序混乱,紊乱性,混乱fractiousness分裂性,裂变性,裂缝,裂变heedlessness轻率,粗心大意,无所事事,轻率的impetuousness浮躁,浮躁性,冲动,浮躁心理imprudence不谨慎,轻率,不慎,不慎重impulsiveness冲动性,冲动,冲动的人indocility不屈不挠,不屈不挠的精神,不屈,不屈服intemperanc严密性,严酷的环境,严酷的环境下,严酷的环境中intractability难度,棘手性,棘手的问题,困难性intractableness棘手的问题,不切实际,棘手的事,棘手问题lawlessness无法无天,不法行为,无法无天的现象,无法无天的情况obstinacy犟脾气,犟劲,犟劲儿,顽固性obstreperousness执拗,顽固不化,顽固性,顽固派orneriness危险性,脆弱性,易怒,易怒性perverseness变态,淫秽性,淫乱,淫荡rebelliousness叛逆性,叛逆,反叛性,叛逆行为recalcitrance顽固不化,顽固性,顽固,顽固派recalcitrancy顽固不化,顽固性,顽固,顽固派recklessness鲁莽行事,鲁莽行为,鲁莽,罔顾后果refractoriness折射性,折射率,折光性,折射性强uncontrollability不可控性,不可控制性,不可控,无法控制uncontrollableness不可控性,不控制性,不可控制性,不受控制ungovernableness不治之症,不治理,无人管理,不受约束unmanageability不可控性,不可管理性,不易管理性,不可控untowardness胆怯,胆小怕事,胆量,胆小如鼠waywardness碍手碍脚,路径,落魄,碍事wildness野性,狂野性,狂野,野生willfulness意志性,意志力,任意性,意志

Examples

  • Those who may have been obstinate about the vaccines when called by a pollster seem to have been a bit more flexible when called by their bosses.

  • In Illinois, one parent was so obstinate in her refusal to properly wear her mask, she was arrested and banned from school grounds.

  • While some people may face legitimate obstacles, others are just obstinate.

  • Her call was greeted with skepticism by some who see unions as having been overly cautious or outright obstinate.

  • In practice, though, it’s a mechanism that allows a lone obstinate voice to deny the majority the ability to govern.

  • Obstinate Pierre refuses to care about anything, even when a passing lion threatens to eat him.

  • The president also learned that the Palestinians and the Arab states were every bit as obstinate as Netanyahu.

  • The more the Republicans lose, the more stubborn and obstinate they become.

  • It is the story of a village of unlikely Davids going up against a notoriously obstinate governmental Goliath.

  • He predicted the embattled and obstinate leader will fall in a matter of days.

  • The battle was for a long time maintained by both armies with obstinate energy.

  • Now this is what we call a "pursuit of knowledge under difficulties" of the most obstinate kind.

  • Obstinate as he was, the girl's frank honesty conquered the angry old man.

  • They are sometimes obstinate and are desperate fighters, squealing and neighing on all occasions.

  • The men in charge of the boat were slow and obstinate, and consequently it took a long time for all to get across the river.