单词	recalcitrant
释义	recalcitrantre‧cal‧ci‧trant /rɪˈkælsətrənt/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINrecalcitrant Origin: 1800-1900 Late Latin present participle of recalcitrare ‘to refuse to obey’, from Latin calcitrare ‘to kick’, from calx ‘heel’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES recalcitrant children EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Discovering the way of course takes us back to your recalcitrant dealers. For a fleeting moment Gina almost felt sorry for Hanne's recalcitrant son. He left Malmo in his private jet without his recalcitrant caddie. It was intended to pressure a recalcitrant attorney general into authorizing the appointment of an independent counsel by a designated court. Mayor Willie Brown, rather than accepting the challenge, shifted the onus back on recalcitrant neighbors. There were hopeful signs from one recalcitrant state. They went up the track with Piper dragging his heels like a recalcitrant child. We giggled as we struggled to fit the final recalcitrant eye into the final unbending hook. refusing to do what you are told to do, even after you have been punished SYN  unruly:  a recalcitrant pupil—recalcitrance noun [uncountable]
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