单词 | recalcitrant |
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音标 | [ri'kælsitrənt] |
解释 | a.顽抗的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj.顽抗的(obstinat ely defiant of authority or restraint; unruly) 【考】 recalcitrant(refrac tory): authority / implacable : conciliation / reactionary :change(顽固的难以施加权威 /不安静的难以安抚/ 保守的难以改变)incongruent : conform / recalcitrant : obey(不一致的难以统一/ 顽固的难以服从)反义词: submissive(顺从的); amenable(顺从的) 【记】 re(重新)+calcitr(= calc石头)+ant→变 成石头→固执的 |
字源 | recalcitrant (adj.) 1823, from French récalcitrant, literally "kicking back" (17c.-18c.), past participle of recalcitrare "to kick back; be inaccessible," from re- "back" (see re-) + Latin calcitrare "to kick," from calx (genitive calcis) "heel." Used from 1797 as a French word in English. |
不择手段背单词 | adj. 顽抗的(对权威倔强地反抗和蔑视的) 【记】re反复, calc石头, itrant一反复成为石头一固执的 【类】recalcitrant[refractory]: authority = implacable: conciliation = reactionary: change顽固的难以施加权威 = 不安静的难以安抚 = 保守的难以改变incongruent: conform = recalcitrant: obey不一致的难以统一 = 顽固的难以服从fastidious: outshine = recalcitrant: resist挑剔的人胜过 = 反抗的人抵抗 【反】submissive(adj 顺从的); amenable(adj 应服从的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】re 重复 + calci- 钙(化学符号Ca) 许多钙,象钙一样坚硬,顽固, |
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