Word · Frequency #21402
obstinacy
倔强；顽固；固执
the quality of being stubborn or refusing to change one's mind, attitude, or course of action
- 1.
The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
固执或顽固的状态或行为。
- 2.
the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome
难以处理或克服的特性
- 3.
A group of bison; the collective noun for bison.
一群野牛；野牛的集合名词。
- 4.
resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
坚决坚持自己的想法或愿望
固执行为；倔强举动；难治；顽固性；固执或顽固的状态或行为。；难以处理或克服的特性；一群野牛；野牛的集合名词。
In use
His obstinacy cost him the job.
She shook her head with obstinacy.
The teacher was frustrated by the student's obstinacy.
obstinacy in doing sth
表示在某事上固执，in 后接动名词。
Her obstinacy in refusing to compromise cost her the deal.
她拒绝妥协的固执使她失去了这笔交易。
with obstinacy
with obstinacy 作方式状语，相当于 stubbornly。
He defended his position with obstinacy.
他固执地捍卫自己的立场。
the obstinacy of sth
指疾病、问题等难以处理时，常用 the obstinacy of...。
The obstinacy of the disease surprised the doctors.
Connections
Collocations
- sheer obstinacy
- 十足的倔强
- He refused to apologize out of sheer obstinacy.他因为十足的倔强而拒绝道歉。
- obstinacy in refusing
- 拒不…的固执
- Her obstinacy in refusing to compromise cost her the deal.她拒绝妥协的固执让她丢掉了这笔交易。
- show obstinacy
- 表现出固执
- The patient showed obstinacy about taking his medicine.这位病人在服药问题上表现出固执。
- obstinacy of the disease
- 疾病的顽固性
- The obstinacy of the disease made treatment difficult.这种疾病的顽固性使治疗变得困难。
- childish obstinacy
- 孩子气的固执
- His childish obstinacy annoyed everyone in the room.他孩子气的固执惹恼了房间里的每个人。
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Learner notes
Memory Tip
Obstinacy 以 'obst' 开头，联想到 obstacle（障碍）——倔强的人遇到障碍也不肯回头。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary prose、clinical descriptions 该词多用于正式书面语或文学作品中，语气比 stubbornness 更严肃；在医学语境中可指病症“难治、顽固”。日常口语中较少使用，通常说 stubbornness。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common English word rhymes exactly with obstinacy /ˈɑbstənəsi/ (stress on the first syllable). The -acy words below end in the same unstressed /əsi/ and share the spelling -acy, but they differ in the stressed vowel and the consonants after it, so they are not perfect rhymes. Beware of lookalikes such as constancy /ˈkɑːnstənsi/, which sounds similar but is also not a rhyme.
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.