obdurate

英 [ˈɒbdjərət]

美 [ˈɑːbdərət]

adj.  顽固的; 固执的; 执拗的

GRE法律

BNC.33357 / COCA.31789

牛津词典

adj.

• 顽固的；固执的；执拗的
  refusing to change your mind or your actions in any way

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 顽固不化的；倔强的；执拗的
  If you describe someone asobdurate, you think that they are being unreasonable in their refusal to change their decision or opinion.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
  1. his flinty gaze
  2. the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
  Synonym:flintyflintgraniticstony
• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  Synonym:cussedobstinateunrepentant

双语例句

• 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。
• Enterprises before reformation, had such characteristics: enterprises finance relied on government budget; government intenerated the budget restriction to enterprise; obdurate of enterprise finance mode.
  转轨前财政主导型企业融资模式特征是：政府预算承担企业融资的责任；国家对企业的预算约束软化；企业融资方式的单一化和封闭性等。
• The president remains obdurate on the question of cutting taxes.
  总统在削减税收这个问题上依然顽固不化。
• Since young King Tommen and his counsellors have become so obdurate, we mean to broach the subject with King Stannis.
  既然年幼的托曼国王和他的顾问如此顽固不化，我们就准备跟史坦尼斯国王讨论这个问题。
• Obdurate conscience of the old sinner ( bSir Walter Scott)
  这个老罪人毫无悔意（b沃尔特斯科特爵士）
• He remained obdurate in his refusal to sign.
  他仍然执拗地不肯签字。
• He is obdurate in his convictions.
  他执着于自己所坚信的事。
• Who so obdurate and dead to the claims of gratitude that would not thankfully acknowledge such priceless benefits?
  有谁会如此顽固不化、缺乏感激之心而不感谢得到了这些无估价的恩惠呢？
• So the employment data could be galvanic a sharp improvement could spur stocks onwards; continued obdurate disappointments could spark a market correction.
  因此，就业数据会令人激动明显的好转会推动股市上涨；而如果持续令人失望，则会引发市场回调。
• Based abundant cases and data, the author consider that the family business's motivation and action of breaking through the manpower capital obdurate is booming up, but family business can not trust the professional manager.
  作者通过大量的案例和数据的分析认为，家族企业突破人力资本封闭性的动机和行为正日益增强，但家族企业对非家族成员的职业经理信任不足，对引进外来职业经理还存在很大顾虑。