Intractable
[ɪn'træktəb(ə)l] or [ɪn'træktəbl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; 'an intractable disposition'; 'intractable pain'; 'the most intractable issue of our era'; 'intractable metal' .
杰弗里校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Not tractable; not easily governed, managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; violent; stubborn; obstinate; refractory; as, an intractable child.
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同義詞及近義詞:
a. Stubborn, obstinate, perverse, refractory, dogged, mulish, pig-headed, unruly, headstrong, unmanageable, ungovernable, indocile, obdurate, cross-grained, wilful, inflexible, unyielding, contumacious, cantankerous.
詹妮整理
同義詞及反義詞:
[See TRACTABLE]
整理:莉莲
解釋/意思:
adj. unmanageable: obstinate.—ns. Intractabil′ity Intract′ableness.—adv. Intract′ably.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I know my Ellen--haughty, intractable; shall I say, just a shade unforgiving? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- When he looked about him for another and a less intractable damsel to immortalize in melody, memory produced one with the most obliging readiness. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- She is not intractable. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He has a sullen, rebellious spirit; a violent temper; and an untoward, intractable disposition. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- It gives politics a restless and intractable quality. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
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