inflexibility是什么意思？

inflexibility

英[ɪnˌfleksə'bɪlətɪ] 美[ɪnˌfleksə'bɪlətɪ]

• n. 不屈性，顽固，不变性，不可弯曲，非挠性，刚性；

副词：inflexibly;

形容词：inflexible;

例句

• Perhaps inflexibility is the greatest danger in budget. 也许预算的最大问题是缺乏弹性.
• The inflexibility of the country's labor market seriously impedes its economic recovery. 该国劳工市场缺乏灵活性,这严重阻碍了它的经济恢复.
• Joyce was irritated by the inflexibility of her colleagues. 乔伊斯被她同事的顽固激怒了。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  不可改变的;不容变更的
  Something that is inflexible cannot be altered in any way, even if the situation changes.
  例句
  Workers insisted the new system was too inflexible... 工人们坚持认为新制度太不灵活。 Charles was a man of settled habits and inflexible routine. 查尔斯是一个恪守习惯、生活规律不容打乱的人。
• ADJ-GRADED
  顽固的;僵化的
  If you say that someone is inflexible, you are criticizing them because they refuse to change their mind or alter their way of doing things.
  例句
  His opponents viewed him as stubborn, dogmatic, and inflexible. 他的反对者们认为他固执、教条、僵化。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a lack of physical flexibility
  2. the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe