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

adj

If someone calls you mulish, they don't mean that you look like a mule; they mean that you are as stubborn as a mule. Act more open-minded, and no one will call you mulish.

You might know from the mulish expression on your sister's face that there's no way you can convince her to give you a ride to school, and a politician's mulish refusal to debate her opponent might end up hurting her on voting day. Mulish behavior is inflexible and opinionated. When you're mulish, you're as stubborn as the famously stubborn mule, an animal that's had this reputation since at least the fifteenth century.

WORD FAMILY

mulish: mulishly, mulishness+/mule: mules, muleteer, mulish/muleteer: muleteers

USAGE EXAMPLES

But they made a gaffe With their offer so mulish— Penny-wise and mound-foolish.

Washington Post(Dec 03, 2015)

Surely you do not mean to persist in that mulish vagary?”

Slate(Oct 22, 2015)

That the mulish teachers union would come around without threats and proddings?

Newsweek(Nov 02, 2014)

adj unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack

Syn

hardheaded
obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate

tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

单词	mulish
释义	mulish (once / 31351 pages) adj If someone calls you mulish, they don't mean that you look like a mule; they mean that you are as stubborn as a mule. Act more open-minded, and no one will call you mulish. You might know from the mulish expression on your sister's face that there's no way you can convince her to give you a ride to school, and a politician's mulish refusal to debate her opponent might end up hurting her on voting day. Mulish behavior is inflexible and opinionated. When you're mulish, you're as stubborn as the famously stubborn mule, an animal that's had this reputation since at least the fifteenth century. WORD FAMILY mulish: mulishly, mulishness+/mule: mules, muleteer, mulish/muleteer: muleteers USAGE EXAMPLES But they made a gaffe With their offer so mulish— Penny-wise and mound-foolish. Washington Post(Dec 03, 2015) Surely you do not mean to persist in that mulish vagary?” Slate(Oct 22, 2015) That the mulish teachers union would come around without threats and proddings? Newsweek(Nov 02, 2014) adj unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack Syn hardheaded obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
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