Word · Frequency #14128
recalcitrants
不服管教的人；顽抗者
recalcitrants is the plural of recalcitrant.
a person who stubbornly resists authority or control; a defiant or uncooperative person
- 1.
stubbornly resistant to authority or control
反抗的；反对的；反抗者；顽抗者
反抗者；顽抗者
In use
The supervisor finally transferred the recalcitrant to another department because of his constant disobedience.
In the training course, the instructor had to give extra attention to the recalcitrants who refused to practice.
The library committee decided to expel the recalcitrant who kept breaking the reading room rules.
a recalcitrant
recalcitrant 作名词是可数名词，不定冠词 a 表示泛指某一个，作主语时谓语用单数。
A recalcitrant can disrupt the whole team.
一个不服管教的人可能扰乱整个团队。
recalcitrants
不加冠词的复数形式表示泛指一类人，作主语时谓语动词用复数。
Recalcitrants often resist new policies.
顽抗者常常抵制新政策。
one of the recalcitrants
one of + 复数名词表示“其中之一”，作主语时谓语动词用单数。
One of the recalcitrants refused to sign the agreement.
其中一个顽抗者拒绝签署协议。
Common mistakes
The teacher had to deal with several recalcitrant in her class.The teacher had to deal with several recalcitrants in her class.
recalcitrant 作名词时是可数名词，指“桀骜不驯的人”；在 several 后应用复数形式 recalcitrants。单数形式仅指一个人，不能同时修饰多个对象。
His recalcitrant made it difficult to reach an agreement.His recalcitrance made it difficult to reach an agreement.
recalcitrant 作名词时指“顽抗者/不服管教的人”，不是抽象品质。表示“倔强/顽抗”这一性质要用名词 recalcitrance，因此应改作 His recalcitrance。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- recalcitrance
- 顽抗，反抗 · n
- recalcitrantly
- 顽固地，反抗地 · adv
- recalcitrancy
- 顽抗，反抗 · n
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
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