Definition of intransigent in English:

intransigent

adjective ɪnˈtransɪdʒ(ə)nt

Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.
her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent
Example sentencesExamples
- Although the tax cut helped ignite a boom on Wall Street, it didn't do much to change the tune of the city's intransigent legislators.
- To many of his compatriots, this intransigent defender of French grandeur saved the honor of the nation during World War II and restored its institutions and status.
- Steel unions blame the company's intransigent management, the ease with which workers can be axed in the UK and the punitive strength of sterling for the latest cuts.
- It would be politically expedient to withdraw them, but the reason for their presence is an intransigent regime that refuses to do anything to allay suspicions that it is developing weapons of mass destruction.
- ‘We put a number of scenarios to them to try and get something in the package for everybody but they were very intransigent, they refused to move,’ he said.
- Millions of pounds of public money have been poured into campaigns designed to convince intransigent bottle-users of the error of their ways.
- Where management has been intransigent or arrogant, he has let his views be known to fellow investors or made certain that they have been aired in the financial press.
- Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's approach is unique in that it avoids that often intransigent debate altogether, maintaining that it's up to the city to find cleanup solutions.
- But this particular play with the dualities of public and private, viewer and viewed, in the intransigent space of a commercial gallery, fell short of an emancipatory vision.
- Management's intransigent attitude in bargaining is a real slap in the face for employees whose valuable contributions help make Canada's food safety and inspection system one of the best in the world.
- They effectively suspended the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement on behalf of intransigent unionists, and are now in the process of jettisoning it without any reference to the referendum result, north and south.
- For one, it is even more rigidly unable to cope with changes in the pool than an old industrial firm coping with an intransigent union.
- In line with a recent select committee report, he backs more reconciliation and greater court powers against intransigent parents.
- It's easy to get all fired up and angry about such ostensible intransigent clericalism, but I think we need to know more about this situation.
- For this lifelong Londoner and intransigent radical, the city was always two-fold.
- But it looks like I might have to so because Sligo County Council are proving very intransigent on this issue.
- Indeed, in my experience in this school a number of years ago, I had to deal with a very difficult and potentially dangerous situation of intransigent conflict between two groups of pupils who defined themselves along racial lines.
- They have at times had to withstand considerable provocation from intransigent bigots on the extreme wing of unionism.
- I am still proud to call myself Australian, although I am embarrassed that my government is proving so intransigent and stubborn.
- One more sour and intransigent despot finds his end.
Synonyms
uncompromising, inflexible, unbending, unyielding, unshakeable, unwavering, resolute, unpersuadable, unmalleable, unaccommodating, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, pig-headed, bull-headed, single-minded, iron-willed, hard-line, hard and fast, diehard, immovable, unrelenting, inexorable, inveterate, rigid, tough, firm, determined, adamant, tenacious
informal stiff-necked
British informal bloody-minded
North American informal balky, badass
rare indurate

noun ɪnˈtransɪdʒ(ə)nt

An intransigent person.
Example sentencesExamples
- At Camp David he had the opportunity to be a real President, but he has spent his life as a professional intransigent, and could not change.
- The intransigents I saw were old men - they won't speak to the media.
- Instead, the conclave of 1903 elected Pius X, whom the Italian government had dubbed ‘the most intransigent of the intransigents.’
- This caused a major crisis for the Fascist Party, however, as thousands of new adherents rushed to jump on the bandwagon, and the rapid expansion in membership split the party into rival camps of moderates and intransigents.
- Without mentioning the United States government by name, she refers to its intransigents in refusing to help international efforts to keep research safe, and she hopes other governments will strengthen preventive measures without it.
- The tranquillity of the image is a proclamation of Ireland's return to peace after long years of armed conflict, first with the British and then with its own intransigents.

Derivatives

intransigency

noun -dʒ(ə)nsi

It is generally said that unionized teachers have worsened the educational climate rather improving it it because of their intransigency to advice from non-unionized seniors and students' parents.
Example sentencesExamples
- And, most important, how can Lula balance the pressing needs of a desperate Brazil with the intransigencies of the global market?

intransigently

adverbɪnˈtransɪdʒəntli

It is a shame that the UN couldn't agree to a legally binding worldwide ban on reproductive cloning, simply because a small group of countries intransigently refused to allow countries to make up their own minds on therapeutic cloning.
Example sentencesExamples
- The real opposite of the sublime is, of course, the intransigently banal and commonsensical.
- But, alas, such advisers still exist and, having sadly misled their customers, continue to intransigently argue the toss with august figures such as the chief financial ombudsman.
- They are in the same situation as an enemy combatant under arms who has intransigently refused to surrender.
- The Local Board leaders have intransigently refused.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French intransigeant, from Spanish los intransigentes (a name adopted by the extreme republicans in the Cortes, 1873–4); based on Latin in- 'not' + transigere 'come to an understanding'.

Definition of intransigent in US English:

intransigent

adjective

Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something.
her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent
Example sentencesExamples
- For one, it is even more rigidly unable to cope with changes in the pool than an old industrial firm coping with an intransigent union.
- Steel unions blame the company's intransigent management, the ease with which workers can be axed in the UK and the punitive strength of sterling for the latest cuts.
- Millions of pounds of public money have been poured into campaigns designed to convince intransigent bottle-users of the error of their ways.
- It's easy to get all fired up and angry about such ostensible intransigent clericalism, but I think we need to know more about this situation.
- Where management has been intransigent or arrogant, he has let his views be known to fellow investors or made certain that they have been aired in the financial press.
- It would be politically expedient to withdraw them, but the reason for their presence is an intransigent regime that refuses to do anything to allay suspicions that it is developing weapons of mass destruction.
- To many of his compatriots, this intransigent defender of French grandeur saved the honor of the nation during World War II and restored its institutions and status.
- They have at times had to withstand considerable provocation from intransigent bigots on the extreme wing of unionism.
- In line with a recent select committee report, he backs more reconciliation and greater court powers against intransigent parents.
- Indeed, in my experience in this school a number of years ago, I had to deal with a very difficult and potentially dangerous situation of intransigent conflict between two groups of pupils who defined themselves along racial lines.
- One more sour and intransigent despot finds his end.
- But it looks like I might have to so because Sligo County Council are proving very intransigent on this issue.
- Management's intransigent attitude in bargaining is a real slap in the face for employees whose valuable contributions help make Canada's food safety and inspection system one of the best in the world.
- Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's approach is unique in that it avoids that often intransigent debate altogether, maintaining that it's up to the city to find cleanup solutions.
- They effectively suspended the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement on behalf of intransigent unionists, and are now in the process of jettisoning it without any reference to the referendum result, north and south.
- ‘We put a number of scenarios to them to try and get something in the package for everybody but they were very intransigent, they refused to move,’ he said.
- I am still proud to call myself Australian, although I am embarrassed that my government is proving so intransigent and stubborn.
- But this particular play with the dualities of public and private, viewer and viewed, in the intransigent space of a commercial gallery, fell short of an emancipatory vision.
- For this lifelong Londoner and intransigent radical, the city was always two-fold.
- Although the tax cut helped ignite a boom on Wall Street, it didn't do much to change the tune of the city's intransigent legislators.
Synonyms
uncompromising, inflexible, unbending, unyielding, unshakeable, unwavering, resolute, unpersuadable, unmalleable, unaccommodating, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, pig-headed, bull-headed, single-minded, iron-willed, hard-line, hard and fast, diehard, immovable, unrelenting, inexorable, inveterate, rigid, tough, firm, determined, adamant, tenacious

noun

An intransigent person.
Example sentencesExamples
- Without mentioning the United States government by name, she refers to its intransigents in refusing to help international efforts to keep research safe, and she hopes other governments will strengthen preventive measures without it.
- At Camp David he had the opportunity to be a real President, but he has spent his life as a professional intransigent, and could not change.
- This caused a major crisis for the Fascist Party, however, as thousands of new adherents rushed to jump on the bandwagon, and the rapid expansion in membership split the party into rival camps of moderates and intransigents.
- The tranquillity of the image is a proclamation of Ireland's return to peace after long years of armed conflict, first with the British and then with its own intransigents.
- Instead, the conclave of 1903 elected Pius X, whom the Italian government had dubbed ‘the most intransigent of the intransigents.’
- The intransigents I saw were old men - they won't speak to the media.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French intransigeant, from Spanish los intransigentes (a name adopted by the extreme republicans in the Cortes, 1873–4); based on Latin in- ‘not’ + transigere ‘come to an understanding’.

单词	intransigent
释义	Definition of intransigent in English: intransigent adjective ɪnˈtransɪdʒ(ə)nt Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something. her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent Example sentencesExamples Although the tax cut helped ignite a boom on Wall Street, it didn't do much to change the tune of the city's intransigent legislators. To many of his compatriots, this intransigent defender of French grandeur saved the honor of the nation during World War II and restored its institutions and status. Steel unions blame the company's intransigent management, the ease with which workers can be axed in the UK and the punitive strength of sterling for the latest cuts. It would be politically expedient to withdraw them, but the reason for their presence is an intransigent regime that refuses to do anything to allay suspicions that it is developing weapons of mass destruction. ‘We put a number of scenarios to them to try and get something in the package for everybody but they were very intransigent, they refused to move,’ he said. Millions of pounds of public money have been poured into campaigns designed to convince intransigent bottle-users of the error of their ways. Where management has been intransigent or arrogant, he has let his views be known to fellow investors or made certain that they have been aired in the financial press. Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's approach is unique in that it avoids that often intransigent debate altogether, maintaining that it's up to the city to find cleanup solutions. But this particular play with the dualities of public and private, viewer and viewed, in the intransigent space of a commercial gallery, fell short of an emancipatory vision. Management's intransigent attitude in bargaining is a real slap in the face for employees whose valuable contributions help make Canada's food safety and inspection system one of the best in the world. They effectively suspended the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement on behalf of intransigent unionists, and are now in the process of jettisoning it without any reference to the referendum result, north and south. For one, it is even more rigidly unable to cope with changes in the pool than an old industrial firm coping with an intransigent union. In line with a recent select committee report, he backs more reconciliation and greater court powers against intransigent parents. It's easy to get all fired up and angry about such ostensible intransigent clericalism, but I think we need to know more about this situation. For this lifelong Londoner and intransigent radical, the city was always two-fold. But it looks like I might have to so because Sligo County Council are proving very intransigent on this issue. Indeed, in my experience in this school a number of years ago, I had to deal with a very difficult and potentially dangerous situation of intransigent conflict between two groups of pupils who defined themselves along racial lines. They have at times had to withstand considerable provocation from intransigent bigots on the extreme wing of unionism. I am still proud to call myself Australian, although I am embarrassed that my government is proving so intransigent and stubborn. One more sour and intransigent despot finds his end. Synonyms uncompromising, inflexible, unbending, unyielding, unshakeable, unwavering, resolute, unpersuadable, unmalleable, unaccommodating, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, pig-headed, bull-headed, single-minded, iron-willed, hard-line, hard and fast, diehard, immovable, unrelenting, inexorable, inveterate, rigid, tough, firm, determined, adamant, tenacious informal stiff-necked British informal bloody-minded North American informal balky, badass rare indurate noun ɪnˈtransɪdʒ(ə)nt An intransigent person. Example sentencesExamples At Camp David he had the opportunity to be a real President, but he has spent his life as a professional intransigent, and could not change. The intransigents I saw were old men - they won't speak to the media. Instead, the conclave of 1903 elected Pius X, whom the Italian government had dubbed ‘the most intransigent of the intransigents.’ This caused a major crisis for the Fascist Party, however, as thousands of new adherents rushed to jump on the bandwagon, and the rapid expansion in membership split the party into rival camps of moderates and intransigents. Without mentioning the United States government by name, she refers to its intransigents in refusing to help international efforts to keep research safe, and she hopes other governments will strengthen preventive measures without it. The tranquillity of the image is a proclamation of Ireland's return to peace after long years of armed conflict, first with the British and then with its own intransigents. Derivatives intransigency noun -dʒ(ə)nsi It is generally said that unionized teachers have worsened the educational climate rather improving it it because of their intransigency to advice from non-unionized seniors and students' parents. Example sentencesExamples And, most important, how can Lula balance the pressing needs of a desperate Brazil with the intransigencies of the global market? intransigently adverbɪnˈtransɪdʒəntli It is a shame that the UN couldn't agree to a legally binding worldwide ban on reproductive cloning, simply because a small group of countries intransigently refused to allow countries to make up their own minds on therapeutic cloning. Example sentencesExamples The real opposite of the sublime is, of course, the intransigently banal and commonsensical. But, alas, such advisers still exist and, having sadly misled their customers, continue to intransigently argue the toss with august figures such as the chief financial ombudsman. They are in the same situation as an enemy combatant under arms who has intransigently refused to surrender. The Local Board leaders have intransigently refused. Origin Late 19th century: from French intransigeant, from Spanish los intransigentes (a name adopted by the extreme republicans in the Cortes, 1873–4); based on Latin in- 'not' + transigere 'come to an understanding'. Definition of intransigent in US English: intransigent adjective Unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something. her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent Example sentencesExamples For one, it is even more rigidly unable to cope with changes in the pool than an old industrial firm coping with an intransigent union. Steel unions blame the company's intransigent management, the ease with which workers can be axed in the UK and the punitive strength of sterling for the latest cuts. Millions of pounds of public money have been poured into campaigns designed to convince intransigent bottle-users of the error of their ways. It's easy to get all fired up and angry about such ostensible intransigent clericalism, but I think we need to know more about this situation. Where management has been intransigent or arrogant, he has let his views be known to fellow investors or made certain that they have been aired in the financial press. It would be politically expedient to withdraw them, but the reason for their presence is an intransigent regime that refuses to do anything to allay suspicions that it is developing weapons of mass destruction. To many of his compatriots, this intransigent defender of French grandeur saved the honor of the nation during World War II and restored its institutions and status. They have at times had to withstand considerable provocation from intransigent bigots on the extreme wing of unionism. In line with a recent select committee report, he backs more reconciliation and greater court powers against intransigent parents. Indeed, in my experience in this school a number of years ago, I had to deal with a very difficult and potentially dangerous situation of intransigent conflict between two groups of pupils who defined themselves along racial lines. One more sour and intransigent despot finds his end. But it looks like I might have to so because Sligo County Council are proving very intransigent on this issue. Management's intransigent attitude in bargaining is a real slap in the face for employees whose valuable contributions help make Canada's food safety and inspection system one of the best in the world. Lake Ontario Waterkeeper's approach is unique in that it avoids that often intransigent debate altogether, maintaining that it's up to the city to find cleanup solutions. They effectively suspended the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement on behalf of intransigent unionists, and are now in the process of jettisoning it without any reference to the referendum result, north and south. ‘We put a number of scenarios to them to try and get something in the package for everybody but they were very intransigent, they refused to move,’ he said. I am still proud to call myself Australian, although I am embarrassed that my government is proving so intransigent and stubborn. But this particular play with the dualities of public and private, viewer and viewed, in the intransigent space of a commercial gallery, fell short of an emancipatory vision. For this lifelong Londoner and intransigent radical, the city was always two-fold. Although the tax cut helped ignite a boom on Wall Street, it didn't do much to change the tune of the city's intransigent legislators. Synonyms uncompromising, inflexible, unbending, unyielding, unshakeable, unwavering, resolute, unpersuadable, unmalleable, unaccommodating, uncooperative, stubborn, obstinate, obdurate, pig-headed, bull-headed, single-minded, iron-willed, hard-line, hard and fast, diehard, immovable, unrelenting, inexorable, inveterate, rigid, tough, firm, determined, adamant, tenacious noun An intransigent person. Example sentencesExamples Without mentioning the United States government by name, she refers to its intransigents in refusing to help international efforts to keep research safe, and she hopes other governments will strengthen preventive measures without it. At Camp David he had the opportunity to be a real President, but he has spent his life as a professional intransigent, and could not change. This caused a major crisis for the Fascist Party, however, as thousands of new adherents rushed to jump on the bandwagon, and the rapid expansion in membership split the party into rival camps of moderates and intransigents. The tranquillity of the image is a proclamation of Ireland's return to peace after long years of armed conflict, first with the British and then with its own intransigents. Instead, the conclave of 1903 elected Pius X, whom the Italian government had dubbed ‘the most intransigent of the intransigents.’ The intransigents I saw were old men - they won't speak to the media. Origin Late 19th century: from French intransigeant, from Spanish los intransigentes (a name adopted by the extreme republicans in the Cortes, 1873–4); based on Latin in- ‘not’ + transigere ‘come to an understanding’.
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