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

单词	recalcitrant
释义	re·cal·ci·trant I. \-nt\ adjective Etymology: Late Latin recalcitrant-, recalcitrans, from present participle of recalcitrare to be stubbornly disobedient, from Latin, to kick back, from re- + calcitrare to kick, from calc-, calx heel — more at calk 1. : obstinately defiant of authority or restraint : stubbornly disobedient < recalcitrant and dangerous heretics and obstructionists — G.L.Kline > < a recalcitrant child > < call forth the forces of the Union to coerce recalcitrant states — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager > 2. a. : difficult or impossible to handle or operate : unmanageable < the materials in these fields are more complex and more recalcitrant than the simpler and more readily measurable phenomena of the languages — Mortimer Graves > < the car had a recalcitrant gearshift lever — M.M.Musselman > b. : not responsive to treatment < many of these patients were suffering from recalcitrant forms of the disease — Journal American Medical Association > c. : resistant — usually used with to < this subject is recalcitrant both to observation and to experiment — G.G.Simpson > < nothing perhaps is more recalcitrant to logical systematization than local custom — G.H.Sabine > Synonyms: see unruly II. noun (-s) : one who is recalcitrant
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