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单词 intractable
释义
intractable
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adj

Can't manage your stubborn little brother who won't do what anyone says? You could call him intractable, or you could call your mother. Problems are intractable when they can't be solved.
Intractable means not tractable. Helpful, right? No? Let's break it down. In both words you see the word tract. A contract is a written document that explains how a legal situation is to be managed together. When someone is tractable they are able to be managed or handled. When they are intractable, they are as unmanageable as a hungry two-year old.
WORD FAMILY
intractable: intractability, intractableness, intractably+/intractability: intractabilities/tractability: tractabilities/tractable: intractable, tractability, tractableness, tractably
USAGE EXAMPLES
But even as the city continues to add freeway lanes in an intractable war against congestion, Angelenos are increasingly embracing new ideas in transportation.
New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)
Schwartz slapped his palm on a wall studded with steel bracing rods—short-term solutions to an intractable long-term problem.
The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016)
The conflict in Syria was such an intractable mess that only the most ruthless were likely to survive, and their survival will cost them dearly.
Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016)
adj not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
an intractable disposition
intractable pain
the most intractable issue of our era
intractable metal
Syn|Ant
defiant, noncompliant
boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
difficult, unmanageable
hard to control
disobedient
not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate
tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
untamed, wild
in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
balking, balky
stopping short and refusing to go on
refractory, stubborn
not responding to treatment
uncontrollable, unmanageable
difficult to solve or alleviate
unmalleable
difficult or impossible to shape or work
manipulable, tractable
easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)
compliant
disposed or willing to comply
manageable
capable of being managed or controlled
obedient
dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority
docile
willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed
tame, tamed
brought from wildness into a domesticated state
ductile, malleable
easily influenced
docile, teachable
ready and willing to be taught
tamable, tameable
capable of being tamed
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