obstinate
obstinate 英 [ˈɒbstɪnət] 美 [ˈɑbstɪnət]
adj. 顽固的；倔强的；难以控制的
- When someone is beyond stubborn, use the word obstinate instead: "You obstinate old mule! Get out of my way!"
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- adj. 顽固的；倔强的；难以控制的
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1. How could you be so obstinate?
你怎么能够这样固执呢？
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2. The prospects for political liberalisation in Swaziland are bleak. Swazi democracy and human rights activists face a lonely, protracted and uphill battle against an obstinate and ruthless monarch.
斯威士兰政治自由化前景暗淡，民主和人权活动家面临着与一个顽固无情的君主进行长期的，孤独的，艰苦斗争。
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3. You may, however, fall out, at last, over something of equal consequence to both sides; and then those you term weak are very capable of being as obstinate as you.
——但是，到末了，你们总会为了对于双方都有同等重要的什么事情闹开的，那时候你所认为软弱的人也能和你一样地固执哩。
- obstinate (adj.) mid-14c., from Latin obstinatus "resolute, resolved, determined, inflexible, stubborn," past participle of obstinare "persist, stand stubbornly, set one's mind on," from ob "by" (see ob-) + stinare (related to stare "stand"), from PIE *ste-no-, from root *sta- "to stand, make or be firm." Related: Obstinately.
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