[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]百折不回的;不屈不挠的;坚定不移的 You describe someone as unyielding when they have very strong, fixed ideas about something and are unlikely to change their mind.
[WRITTEN 笔语]
The authorities proved unyielding on one crucial opposition demand...
面对反对党这一重大诉求,当局立场坚定。
His unyielding attitude on this subject was that since he had done it, so could everyone.
在这件事上他态度很坚决:既然他做到了,别人也能做到。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]坚固的;坚硬的 If a barrier or surface is unyielding, it is very solid or hard.
[LITERARY 文]
...the troopers, who had to build roads through those unyielding mountains...
必须打穿这些硬石山来筑路的装甲兵
He sat on the edge of an unyielding armchair, a cup of tea in his hand.
他坐在一张坚固的扶手椅的椅边上,手里端着一杯茶。
Oxford
un·yield·ing/ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ; NAmEʌnˈjiːldɪŋ/adjective( formal) 1if a person is unyielding,they are not easily influenced and they are unlikely to change their mind 坚定的;顽强不屈的;固执的SYN
inflexible
2an unyieldingsubstance or object does not bend or break when pressure is put on it 不弯曲的;坚固的un·yield·ing/ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ; NAmEʌnˈjiːldɪŋ/
LDC
unyieldingun‧yield‧ing /ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ/ adjective
Examples
1formal not willing to change your ideas or beliefs: an unyielding resistance to change2literary very hard and not changing in shape or form: a harsh unyielding landscape
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