| 单词 | obstinance |
| 释义 | obstinance (once / 1688473 pages) n Obstinance is a characteristic of being impossibly stubborn. Like a bull that won’t budge, obstinance keeps people from going with the flow. If everybody wants to watch a movie you dislike, don’t let your obstinance ruin family movie night. When someone is obstinate, they are strong-willed and determined, so you can use the word obstinance to describe this quality. There’s the obstinance of a two-year old who refuses to go to bed, or the obstinance of someone who believes that aliens built the pyramids and can’t be convinced otherwise. The Latin root of obstinance is obstinare, "stand stubbornly." WORD FAMILYobstinate: obstinacy, obstinance, obstinately, obstinater, obstinates, obstinatest, obstinating+/obstinacy: obstinacies USAGE EXAMPLESYou could also refer to it as arrogance, gall, temerity or obstinance. Washington Times(Sep 28, 2016) Garland likely couldn’t have been confirmed in time to participate in this case, but Republican leaders see the 4-4 split as vindication of their obstinance. Washington Times(Jun 28, 2016) The league’s obstinance at this year’s Super Bowl could be called comical, if it weren’t so maddening and the issue wasn’t so serious. Time(Mar 15, 2016) 1n resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires Syn|Hypo|Hyper bullheadedness, obstinacy, pigheadedness, self-will, stubbornness impenitence, impenitency the trait of refusing to repent intransigence, intransigencythe trait of being intransigent; stubbornly refusing to compromise firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve the trait of being resolute 2n the trait of being difficult to handle or overcome Syn|Hyper mulishness, obstinacy, stubbornness intractability, intractableness the trait of being hard to influence or control |
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