Word · Frequency #33357
obdurate
顽固不化的;执迷不悟的
核心释义
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
- 1.
顽固坚持,通常在做错事时;拒绝改正或悔改
Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.
- 2.
对感情麻木的;铁石心肠的。
Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.
冷酷无情的;铁石心肠的;顽固坚持,通常在做错事时;拒绝改正或悔改;对感情麻木的;铁石心肠的。;顽固的;执拗的
用法In use
The obdurate employee kept arriving late despite several written warnings.
用法提示:obdurate 作定语修饰 employee,表示‘顽固不化的、执迷不悟的’,强调坚持错误行为。
Her father was obdurate and refused to speak to her after the argument.
用法提示:obdurate 作表语,表示‘冷酷无情的、铁石心肠的’,强调对情感或和解无动于衷。
The landlord remained obdurate to the tenants' pleas for a lower rent.
用法提示:obdurate 与介词 to 搭配,表示‘对……冷酷/拒不理会’,突出对请求的顽固拒绝。
be obdurate
作表语,描述人的顽固状态。
The defendant remained obdurate despite the judge's plea.
尽管法官恳求,被告仍顽固不化。
obdurate in + (doing) sth
表示在某方面固执,后接名词或动名词。
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