recalcitrant
发音
英 [rɪˈkælsɪtrənt]
美 [rɪˈkælsɪtrənt]
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- adj.
- 倔强对抗的，拒不服从的
- 拗强
单词词源
recalcitrant 难以控制的
re-,向后，往回，-calc,脚跟，踢，词源同 calcaneus,decal,inculcate.引申词义难以控制的。
双语例句
- 1. It is much harder for american shareholders , for example , to force out recalcitrant directors .
- 举例来说，要排除顽固的董事对美国的股东而言显得更困难。
- 2. Even the recalcitrant car-crash simulations , he thinks , will yield to the new approach soon .
- 他认为，即便是顽固的汽车碰撞模拟问题不久也会出现新的解决方法。
- 3. He rightly scolded recalcitrant israelis for their refusal even to accept the idea of two independent states and for letting jewish settlers continue to build or expand towns and villages on the west bank .
- 顽固的以色列拒绝接受建立独立的以色列和巴勒斯坦国的建议，并鼓动犹太定居者继续在约旦河西岸进行建城并扩张，这遭到了奥巴马总统合理的谴责。
- 4. Brussels is up for a fight both with the markets and with recalcitrant national governments .
- 布鲁塞尔已经准备好战斗了：向市场和那些冥顽不灵的国家政府开战。
- 5. A recalcitrant mayor has been arrested .
- 一名市长因拒不服从而被捕入狱。