obduracy 英 ['ɒbdjərəsɪ]   美 [ˈɑbdʊrəsi, -djʊr-]

obduracy

obduracy  英 ['ɒbdjərəsɪ] 美 [ˈɑbdʊrəsi, -djʊr-]

n. 执拗;冷酷;顽固 

名词复数:obduracies 

But it does rather knock on the head the idea that the conflict in the Middle East persists solely because of Israeli obduracy and America's failure to lean on Israel hard enough. 但它的确推翻了这么一种观点:即中东冲突长期难以解决的唯一原因,是以色列的顽固作派和美国没有向以色列施加足够的压力。
Yet Mr Scargill—whose obduracy and militancy led his miners to crushing defeat—also haunts Mexborough. 斯卡吉尔先生的顽固不化和好战导致他的矿工们一败涂地,他也令梅克斯伯勒不快。

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  • n. 执拗;冷酷;顽固
  • 1. But it does rather knock on the head the idea that the conflict in the Middle East persists solely because of Israeli obduracy and America's failure to lean on Israel hard enough.

    但它的确推翻了这么一种观点:即中东冲突长期难以解决的唯一原因,是以色列的顽固作派和美国没有向以色列施加足够的压力。

  • 2. Yet Mr Scargill—whose obduracy and militancy led his miners to crushing defeat—also haunts Mexborough.

    斯卡吉尔先生的顽固不化和好战导致他的矿工们一败涂地,他也令梅克斯伯勒不快。

  • obduracy (n.) "stubbornness," 1590s, from obdurate + abstract noun suffix -cy.
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