intransigent
intransigent 英 [ɪnˈtrænsɪdʒənt] 美 [ɪnˈtrænzɪdʒənt]
adj. 不妥协的；不让步的 n. 不妥协的人
名词复数:intransigents
- Intransigent means inflexible, stubborn, entrenched. Argue all you like with an intransigent three-year-old. He will never back down from the position that he wants the lollipop NOW.
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- adj. 不妥协的；不让步的
- n. 不妥协的人
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1. We can begin to see it is clear how Aristotle's best regime differs from Plato's intransigent demand for the rule of philosopher-kings.
我们可以开始清楚地发现,亚里士多德的最佳政体,如何有别于柏拉图,对哲学家国王统治的不妥协要求。
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2. Bosnia won the deal only after its intransigent leaders wore down their EU partners into accepting a watered-down version of reform for Bosnia’s police.
只有在其顽固的领导人让其欧盟伙伴接受波斯尼亚警察改革的精简版本，波斯尼亚方可在协议胜出。
- intransigent (adj.) 1874, "uncompromising, refusing to agree or come to understanding," (used of extreme political factions or parties), from French intransigeant (18c.), from Spanish los intransigentes, literally "those not coming to agreement," name for extreme left in the Spanish Cortes and the extreme republicans of the 1870s, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + transigente "compromising," from Latin transigentem (nominative transigens), present participle of transigere "come to an agreement, accomplish, to carry through" (see transaction). It acquired its generalized sense in French. As a noun in English from 1879.
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