[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]不服从命令的;顽抗的 If you describe someone or something as recalcitrant, you mean that they are unwilling to obey orders or are difficult to deal with.
[usu ADJ n]
[FORMAL 正式]
The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities...
危险在于抗命不遵的地方当局将拒绝履行他们的职责。
He had a knack for coaxing even the most recalcitrant engine to life.
即使是最难摆弄的发动机他都有本事搞定。
recalcitrance
...the govern-ment's recalcitrance over introducing even the smallest political reform.
哪怕是最小的政治改革,政府都不肯推行
Oxford
re·cal·ci·trant/rɪˈkælsɪtrənt; NAmErɪˈkælsɪtrənt/adjective( formal) unwilling to obey rules or follow instructions; difficult to control 不守规章的;不服从指挥的;桀骜不驯的;难以控制的▶re·cal·ci·trance/rɪˈkælsɪtrəns; NAmErɪˈkælsɪtrəns/noun[uncountable ]recalcitrantrecalcitrantsre·cal·ci·trant/rɪˈkælsɪtrənt; NAmErɪˈkælsɪtrənt/re·cal·ci·trance/rɪˈkælsɪtrəns; NAmErɪˈkælsɪtrəns/