[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]倔强的；固执的；顽固的；执拗的 Someone who is stubborn or who behaves in a stubborn way is determined to do what they want and is very unwilling to change their mind.
He is a stubborn character used to getting his own way...
他性格固执，惯于一意孤行。
His face was set in an expression of stubborn determination.
他脸上流露出固执坚定的表情。
stubbornly
He stubbornly refused to tell her how he had come to be in such a state.
他固执地拒绝告诉她自己是如何沦落到这种地步的。
stubbornness
I couldn't tell if his refusal to talk was simple stubbornness.
我不清楚他拒绝说话是否只是因为他的顽固不化。
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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](污渍)顽固的，难以去除的；(问题)棘手的，难以解决的 A stubborn stain or problem is difficult to remove or to deal with.
[usu ADJ n]
This treatment removes the most stubborn stains...
这个方法能清除大多数顽固污渍。
The first and most stubborn problem was that of reductions in the number of aircraft.
最首要也是最棘手的问题是飞机数量的减少。
stubbornly
Some interest rates have remained stubbornly high.
部分利率一直居高不下。
Oxford
stub·born/ˈstʌbən; NAmEˈstʌbərn/adjective1( often disapproving) determined not to change your opinion or attitude 固执的；执拗的；顽固的；倔强的SYN
obstinate
◆He was too stubborn to admit that he was wrong.他死不认错。◆She can be as stubborn as a mule.她可以倔得像头骡子。◆stubborn pride死要面子◆a stubborn resistance to change顽固抵制变革◆a stubborn refusal to listen硬是不听2difficult to get rid of or deal with 难以去除（或对付）的SYN
1determined not to change your mind, even when people think you are being unreasonable: Why are you so stubborn? I’ve got a very stubborn streak (=a tendency to be stubborn). Paul can be as stubborn as a mule (=very stubborn).► see thesaurus at
determined
2 stubborn resistance/refusal/determination etc a very strong and determined refusal etc: a stubborn refusal to face reality3difficult to remove, deal with, or useSYN tough: stubborn stains—stubbornly adverb: ‘I don’t care,’ she said stubbornly.—stubbornness noun [uncountable]THESAURUSstubborn refusing to change your mind, even when people think you are wrong or are being unreasonable: · Dave can be really stubborn once he’s made up his mind.· a stubborn old manobstinate very stubborn, in way that is annoying and unreasonable: · I have never met anyone so obstinate.· his obstinate refusal to compromisepig-headed informal refusing to change your mind, even when people think that what you want to do is stupid: · I told her she was making a big mistake but she was too pig-headed to listen.· I wish you’d stop being so pig-headed!headstrong very determined to do what you want, often without thinking about the results of your actions – used especially about young people: · As a girl, she had been lively and headstrong.· the headstrong impulsiveness of youthwilful British English (also willful American English) doing what you want, even after you have been told to stop, or when you know that it is wrong – used especially about children: · He was a spoiled and wilful child, who always got his own way.· She was passionate and wilful – exactly the sort of creature a man ought to avoid.ornery American English behaving in an unreasonable and often angry way, especially by doing the opposite of what people want you to do: · an ornery kid· Teenagers can be ornery and rude.
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