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。
顽固不化的;执迷不悟的
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顽固不化的;执迷不悟的
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
The defendant remained obdurate despite the judge's plea.
尽管法官恳求,被告仍顽固不化。
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.
对感情麻木的;铁石心肠的。
Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.
The obdurate employee kept arriving late despite several written warnings.
这个顽固不化的员工屡次迟到,尽管收到过好几份书面警告。
Her father was obdurate and refused to speak to her after the argument.
她父亲铁石心肠,争吵之后拒绝和她说话。
The landlord remained obdurate to the tenants' pleas for a lower rent.
房东对租户们降低租金的请求仍然无动于衷。
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。
表示在某方面固执,后接名词或动名词。
He was obdurate in his refusal to apologize.
他固执地拒绝道歉。
指对某事坚决不肯让步。
She remained obdurate about changing her decision.
她对自己改变决定依然铁石心肠。
Not this
He obdurates against any reform.
Use this
He is obdurate against any reform.
obdurate是形容词,不能直接用作动词。应使用系动词be加形容词形式。
Not this
She remains obdurate to his apologies.
Use this
She remains obdurate towards his apologies.
obdurate常与介词towards或in搭配,表示对某事的顽固态度,而不是与to搭配。
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