英语词汇“intransigent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Intransigent means inflexible, stubborn, entrenched. Argue all you like with an intransigent three-year-old. He will never back down from the position that he wants the lollipop NOW.

Trans has to do with movement — think transportation, or a package in transit, i.e. "on the way." The in- of intransigent means "not," so something or someone who is intransigent is not moving. If one political party wants to raise funds to improve schools but the other is intransigent on the subject of higher taxes, the debate will get nowhere.

WORD FAMILY

intransigent: intransigence, intransigency, intransigently

USAGE EXAMPLES

When the clock strikes midnight and she must return to California, she presses her husband for that divorce but Thorpe remains intransigent.

New York Times(Dec 22, 2016)

During the meeting, Evans bristled at suggestions that the District was being intransigent by refusing to support the two-year plan.

Washington Post(Dec 01, 2016)

Misogyny on the Internet has proved notoriously intransigent.

The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016)

adj impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency

Syn

adamant, adamantine, inexorable
inflexible

incapable of change

单词	intransigent
释义	intransigent (once / 10924 pages) adj Intransigent means inflexible, stubborn, entrenched. Argue all you like with an intransigent three-year-old. He will never back down from the position that he wants the lollipop NOW. Trans has to do with movement — think transportation, or a package in transit, i.e. "on the way." The in- of intransigent means "not," so something or someone who is intransigent is not moving. If one political party wants to raise funds to improve schools but the other is intransigent on the subject of higher taxes, the debate will get nowhere. WORD FAMILY intransigent: intransigence, intransigency, intransigently USAGE EXAMPLES When the clock strikes midnight and she must return to California, she presses her husband for that divorce but Thorpe remains intransigent. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) During the meeting, Evans bristled at suggestions that the District was being intransigent by refusing to support the two-year plan. Washington Post(Dec 01, 2016) Misogyny on the Internet has proved notoriously intransigent. The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016) adj impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency Syn adamant, adamantine, inexorable inflexible incapable of change
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