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拒不退让者;拒不合作者;拒不参加者
A holdout is someone who refuses to agree or act with other people in a particular situation and by doing so stops the situation from progressing or being resolved.
例句
France has been the holdout in trying to negotiate an end to the dispute.
法国在为解决争端进行的谈判中一直拒不让步。