英语词汇“inflexible”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Although many students adored Albers, others found him inflexible and stifling.
It is a huge, inflexible and impersonal organization.
Some of his employees find him inflexible.
The proposed law is poorly written and inflexible.
The regulations are precise and inflexible in such matters.
Union negotiators criticized the employers for being too inflexible on the issues of pay and working conditions.

Longman Language Activatordifficult or impossible to change► rigid

a system that is rigid is extremely difficult or impossible to change and is therefore annoying: · People naturally get very frustrated with rigid bureaucracies.· The rigid class distinctions which characterised British society are beginning to break down.· The President will not be able to meet enough people if he is kept to an unnaturally rigid schedule.· The government had centralized political power and imposed rigid controls on economic activity.

► inflexible

difficult or impossible to change, even when a change would be better: · The regulations are precise and inflexible in such matters.· It is a huge, inflexible and impersonal organization.

unwilling to change the way you do things► inflexible

not willing to change the way you think or the way you do something: · Although many students adored Albers, others found him inflexible and stifling. · Union negotiators criticized the employers for being too inflexible on the issues of pay and working conditions.

► be set in your ways

to be unable to change the way you do things because you have done them that way for a long time: · I'm too old and set in my ways to try living in a foreign country now.

► rigid

someone who is rigid will never change their mind about what is right or wrong or about how things should be done: · Our manager was so rigid, he'd never listen to our ideas.· Any major changes were prevented by the rigid conservatism of the Church.rigid in your ideas/opinions/attitudes etc: · Andrew was even more rigid in his attitudes towards child-rearing than his father, who was himself quite strict.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► too

· It may be uneconomic or too inflexible to implement in hardware all of a computer's instruction set.· It is too inflexible, too costly, and too rigid.· They are too inflexible for that.· Unfortunately such systems have proved too hard to use for non-experts and too inflexible to support learning rather than training.· The City Force as an organization was too inflexible to oppose successfully.

WORD FAMILYnounflexibility ≠ inflexibilityadjectiveflexible ≠ inflexibleadverbflexibly ≠ inflexibly

单词	inflexible
释义	inflexiblein‧flex‧i‧ble /ɪnˈfleksəbəl/ AWL adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Although many students adored Albers, others found him inflexible and stifling. It is a huge, inflexible and impersonal organization. Some of his employees find him inflexible. The proposed law is poorly written and inflexible. The regulations are precise and inflexible in such matters. Union negotiators criticized the employers for being too inflexible on the issues of pay and working conditions. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatordifficult or impossible to change► rigid a system that is rigid is extremely difficult or impossible to change and is therefore annoying: · People naturally get very frustrated with rigid bureaucracies.· The rigid class distinctions which characterised British society are beginning to break down.· The President will not be able to meet enough people if he is kept to an unnaturally rigid schedule.· The government had centralized political power and imposed rigid controls on economic activity. ► inflexible difficult or impossible to change, even when a change would be better: · The regulations are precise and inflexible in such matters.· It is a huge, inflexible and impersonal organization. unwilling to change the way you do things► inflexible not willing to change the way you think or the way you do something: · Although many students adored Albers, others found him inflexible and stifling. · Union negotiators criticized the employers for being too inflexible on the issues of pay and working conditions. ► be set in your ways to be unable to change the way you do things because you have done them that way for a long time: · I'm too old and set in my ways to try living in a foreign country now. ► rigid someone who is rigid will never change their mind about what is right or wrong or about how things should be done: · Our manager was so rigid, he'd never listen to our ideas.· Any major changes were prevented by the rigid conservatism of the Church.rigid in your ideas/opinions/attitudes etc: · Andrew was even more rigid in his attitudes towards child-rearing than his father, who was himself quite strict. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► too · It may be uneconomic or too inflexible to implement in hardware all of a computer's instruction set.· It is too inflexible, too costly, and too rigid.· They are too inflexible for that.· Unfortunately such systems have proved too hard to use for non-experts and too inflexible to support learning rather than training.· The City Force as an organization was too inflexible to oppose successfully. Word family WORD FAMILYnounflexibility ≠ inflexibilityadjectiveflexible ≠ inflexibleadverbflexibly ≠ inflexibly 1unwilling to make even the slightest change in your attitudes, plans etc OPP flexible: inflexible attitudes towards change2inflexible rules, arrangements etc are impossible to change OPP flexible: This approach is too inflexible and too costly.3inflexible material is stiff and will not bend OPP flexible—inflexibly adverb—inflexibility /ɪnˌfleksəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable]
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