| 英语单词 | stubborn |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['stʌbən] 美 ['stʌbərn] |
| 中文释义 | adj.顽固的;倔强的;难对付的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) That stubborn man always cleaves to his idea. (2) The child has a stubborn temper. (3) This detergent can remove stubborn stains. (4) I have a stubborn cold and cough day and night. (5) You'll have to push hard; that door is a bit stubborn. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 那固执的人不愿改变想法。 (2) 这个小孩脾气执拗。 (3) 这种去污剂能去除难洗的污渍。 (4) 我得了很难治的感冒,日夜咳嗽。 (5) 你得使劲推,那扇门有点难开。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Use the adjective stubborn to describe someone who is not open to new ideas or ways of doing things, like your uncle who refuses to listen to any music made after 1990. Stubborn is the opposite of flexible. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The Middle English version of stubborn carried the sense of “untamable, implacable,” and there’s still a hint of that in how it is used today. A stubborn person holds on to a view or an attitude, refusing to change — to the point of being unreasonable. Things can also be stubborn, like a stain that no amount of scrubbing can clean or a medical condition that, even with treatment, doesn't improve. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [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.
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2 [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]
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