| 单词 | stubborn |
| 释义 | stubborn (once / 473 pages) adj Use the adjective stubborn to describe someone who is not open to new ideas or ways of doing things, like your uncle who refuses to listen to any music made after 1990. Stubborn is the opposite of flexible. The Middle English version of stubborn carried the sense of “untamable, implacable,” and there’s still a hint of that in how it is used today. A stubborn person holds on to a view or an attitude, refusing to change — to the point of being unreasonable. Things can also be stubborn, like a stain that no amount of scrubbing can clean or a medical condition that, even with treatment, doesn't improve. WORD FAMILYstubborn: stubborner, stubbornest, stubbornly, stubbornness USAGE EXAMPLESDespite his stubborn refusal to be alarmist, Mass admits there’s climatological drama on our horizon. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) However, against a stubborn West Ham they managed a rare clean sheet which was the basis upon which last season's title success. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) “He really believes in how he acted. He’s just a stubborn old man.” Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield Syn|Ant obstinate, unregenerate inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising not making concessions disobedientnot obeying or complying with commands of those in authority bloody-minded, cantankerousstubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate bolshy, stroppyobstreperous bullet-headed, bullheaded, pigheadedobstinate and stupid dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious, unyieldingstubbornly unyielding contrarious, cross-graineddifficult to deal with determineddevoting full strength and concentrated attention to hardheaded, mulishunreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack stiff-neckedhaughtily stubborn strong-minded, strong-willedhaving a determined will intractablenot tractable; difficult to manage or mold docile willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed obedientdutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority meek, tamevery docile sheepish, sheeplikelike or suggestive of a sheep in docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity yieldinginclined to yield to argument or influence or control manipulable, tractableeasily managed (controlled or taught or molded) 2adj not responding to treatment a stubborn infection stubborn rust stains Syn refractory intractable not tractable; difficult to manage or mold |
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