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stubbornly

/stuhb-ern/US // ˈstʌb ərn //UK // (ˈstʌbən) //

执拗地,顽固地,执拗的,执着地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : unreasonably obstinate; obstinately unmoving: a stubborn child.
    • : fixed or set in purpose or opinion; resolute: a stubborn opponent of foreign aid.
    • : obstinately maintained, as a course of action: a stubborn resistance.
    • : difficult to manage or suppress: a stubborn horse; a stubborn pain.
    • : hard, tough, or stiff, as stone or wood; difficult to shape or work.

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Examples

  • Once we were forced to detour around a stubborn buffalo who had claimed the trail.

  • There’s a delicate balance between ambition and the stubborn facts of nascent technology.

  • Of Jimmy Butler lugging the Miami Heat to an absurd Finals win over a Lakers team that was destined for rings, just because he was too damn stubborn to stop scoring.

  • The American flag on this Inauguration Day wasn’t a sign of victory as much as it was an emblem of stubborn endurance.

  • When you flip this shovel over, there is a cutting angle that can be used to chip away at stubborn ice.

  • In the past, Santos has been stubbornly opposed to a bilateral ceasefire, but his position on the issue may be shifting.

  • Why have educational outcomes so stubbornly flat-lined in the face of this wealth of educational resources?

  • Who talks about sports “curses” as much as the fans who stubbornly remain fans in the face of such curses?

  • He is like a grandfather to us, the kind who seems like he should have died a while ago and yet stubbornly clings to life.

  • So why are all of these anti-gay laws still stubbornly on the books?

  • During the winter campaign in 1814 in France no one fought more fiercely and stubbornly than the Duke of Elchingen.

  • Day by day every inch of ground was stubbornly fought, and on the 12th of July the decision of the Committee was announced.

  • “Your idea of taking Henrietta over there and letting her call Bertha is a good one,” declared Amy stubbornly.

  • He desired to show that, according to his lights, he was not stubbornly holding out against reason.

  • "If you had been Reff you wouldn't have run away and left me to drown," went on Coulter, stubbornly.