be/remain intransigent
形容词用法:作表语,表示坚持立场、不肯让步。
The committee remained intransigent despite hours of discussion.
尽管讨论了好几个小时,委员会仍不妥协。
不妥协的;固执的
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不妥协的;固执的
uncompromising; stubbornly refusing to change one's views
The committee remained intransigent despite hours of discussion.
尽管讨论了好几个小时,委员会仍不妥协。
多指人或其态度固执,不肯让步。
不愿妥协或缓和立场;不讲道理的;固执的
Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; stubborn.
Despite the mediator's efforts, the two sides remained intransigent and refused to sign the agreement.
尽管调解人努力调解,双方仍然不妥协,拒绝签署协议。
My uncle is intransigent about changing his daily routine, so we simply plan around him.
我叔叔在改变日常作息方面非常固执,所以我们只能围绕他做安排。
The landlord was intransigent when we asked for a rent reduction, offering no flexibility at all.
我们要求减租时,房东毫不让步,完全没有通融的余地。
形容词用法:作表语,表示坚持立场、不肯让步。
The committee remained intransigent despite hours of discussion.
尽管讨论了好几个小时,委员会仍不妥协。
形容词用法:作定语修饰态度、立场等名词。
Her intransigent attitude made further negotiation pointless.
她不妥协的态度使进一步谈判变得毫无意义。
名词用法:指拒不让步的人,可数名词;复数形式为 intransigents。
He was an intransigent, rejecting every proposal put forward.
他是个不妥协的人,拒绝了提出的每一个建议。
Not this
His intransigent made the talks fail.
Use this
His intransigence made the talks fail.
intransigent 是形容词(或指“不妥协的人”的名词),不能表示“不妥协”这个抽象概念;表示抽象意义要用名词 intransigence。
Not this
The union was intransigent to any pay cut.
Use this
The union was intransigent about any pay cut.
表示“在某事上不让步/固执”时,intransigent 常与 about、on 或 in 连用,不接 to。to 常见于 impervious to,英语学习者容易混淆。
Not this
He intransigent refused to negotiate.
Use this
He intransigently refused to negotiate.
修饰动词 refuse 要用副词 intransigently,而不是形容词 intransigent。中文没有明显的副词形态,容易误用形容词。
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不妥协的态度;顽固的态度
His intransigent attitude made negotiation impossible.
他顽固的态度使谈判无法进行。
不妥协的立场
The union took an intransigent stance in the pay talks.
工会在薪酬谈判中采取了不妥协的立场。
仍然拒不妥协;固执己见
Despite the ceasefire calls, both sides remained intransigent.
尽管有停火呼吁,双方仍然拒不妥协。
不妥协的反对;强硬的反对
Their intransigent opposition to the new policy delayed its implementation.
他们对新政策不妥协的反对推迟了它的实施。
顽固的行为;不通融的行为
His intransigent behavior at work frustrated his colleagues.
他在工作中顽固的行为让同事们感到沮丧。
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记:in(不)+ trans(越过)+ gent(绅士)→ 绅士不越底线,顽固不妥协。
语域:formal 常见场景:政治或外交谈判、劳资纠纷、正式书面报道 intransigent 是正式用词,通常用于政治、法律或劳资纠纷等严肃场合,描述拒绝妥协的强硬态度;日常口语中较少见,更常说 stubborn 或 uncompromising。
intransigents
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