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recalcitrant

/ri-kal-si-truhnt/US // rɪˈkæl sɪ trənt //UK // (rɪˈkælsɪtrənt) //

顽固的,顽固不化,顽固,乖张的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
    • : hard to deal with, manage, or operate.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a recalcitrant person.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.disobedient, uncontrollable

Examples

  • Materials documenting how to grow the recalcitrant orange fungus were essentially nonexistent in the English language until Padilla-Brown published his first cultivation guide in 2017.

  • The dream of true precision medicine has been mired in the sluggish and recalcitrant health-care system, where patient data is often seen as more of a nuisance than a benefit.

  • The first hint of the double-toilet-style operations issues came as the recalcitrant fifth Olympic ring refused to open.

  • “The issue of the recalcitrant National Guards is being worked at very high levels,” he said.

  • There is ample precedent in history for change being forced upon recalcitrant organizations from the outside.

  • These willfully ignorant, recalcitrant obstructionists are doing the country a tremendous service.

  • Shame and ostracism are not guaranteed to be effective; like the recalcitrant husband, Israel may indeed dig in.

  • However, we always hope the next will prove less recalcitrant; in which faith we advance trembling.

  • Gloria looked around at those who remained recalcitrant and concentrated her gaze on Stevens.

  • It was from this Ireland of the darkness that the recalcitrant Ireland of the twentieth century arose.

  • These heartening recollections made me forget the loss of Twist, the recalcitrant cow, and the dilemma that confronted me.

  • In most instances the recalcitrant part of the provincial populations prevailed.