obdurate是什么意思？

obdurate

英[ˈɒbdjərət] 美[ˈɑbdərət]

• adj. 顽固的，执拗的，麻木不仁的，冷酷无情的；

副词：obdurately;

名词：obduracy;

例句

• an obdurate miser 冷酷无情的吝啬鬼
• obdurate conscience of the old sinner 老罪人毫无悔意
• She is of obdurate temperament, and gets angry easily. 她是个左性子, 动不动就发火.
• The child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart. 这个孩子的悲惨遭遇即使最冷酷的心肠也会为之动情.
• A third group were obdurate and still wanted to wait and see. 第三部分人则是顽固地还要等着看.
• Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo. 政府的一些部门可能正在作出改变，但是其他部门却执意维护现状。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  顽固不化的；倔强的；执拗的
  If you describe someone as obdurate, you think that they are being unreasonable in their refusal to change their decision or opinion.
  例句
  Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo. 政府的一些部门可能正在作出改变，但是其他部门却执意维护现状。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  顽固的,执拗的
  obdurate conscience of the old sinner 老罪人毫无悔意
  麻木不仁的,冷酷无情的
  an obdurate miser 冷酷无情的吝啬鬼

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  2. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings;
  "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"