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单词 recalcitrant
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recalcitrant

adjective
/rɪˈkælsɪtrənt/
/rɪˈkælsɪtrənt/
(formal)
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  1. unwilling to obey rules or follow instructions; difficult to control
    • a recalcitrant child
    • He was like a teacher encouraging a recalcitrant pupil.
    • One option is to threaten recalcitrant ministers with the sack.
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin recalcitrant- ‘kicking out with the heels’, from the verb recalcitrare, based on calx, calc- ‘heel’.
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