| 单词 | intractable |
| 释义 | intractable —intractability, intractableness, n. —intractably, adv. /in trak"teuh beuhl/, adj. 1. not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition. 2. (of things) hard to shape or work with: an intractable metal. 3. hard to treat, relieve, or cure: the intractable pain in his leg. n. 4. an intractable person. [1535-45; < L intractabilis. See IN-3, TRACTABLE] Syn. 1. perverse, headstrong, dogged, obdurate, stony, willful, froward. 1, 2. fractious, refractory, unbending, inflexible, adamant, unyielding. See unruly. Ant. 1. amiable. 1, 2. amenable, flexible. |
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