Obstinacy
['ɒbstɪnəsɪ] or ['ɑbstənəsi]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A fixedness in will, opinion, or resolution that can not be shaken at all, or only with great difficulty; firm and usually unreasonable adherence to an opinion, purpose, or system; unyielding disposition; stubborness; pertinacity; persistency; contumacy.
(n.) The quality or state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue; as, the obstinacy of a disease or evil.
手打:默文
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Stubbornness, doggedness, heartiness, wilfulness, perversity, contumacy, obduracy, inflexibility, pertinacity, persistency, pig-headedness.
安德里亚錄入
同義詞及反義詞：
[See OBSTINATE]
手打:索菲
例句/造句/用法:
- The two doctors took offence at my obstinacy. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The devil, that possessed her race with obstinacy, has concentrated its full force in her single person! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Of all this the people are well apprised, and understand how far to carry their obstinacy, where their liberty or property is concerned. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- Sir Percival would only take counsel of his own violence, his own obstinacy, and his own hatred of you. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Anyhow, with whitewash from the wall on my forehead, my obstinacy was adamantine. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He would never have contradicted her, and when a woman is not contradicted, she has no motive for obstinacy in her absurdities. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Rosamond had that victorious obstinacy which never wastes its energy in impetuous resistance. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It roused his obstinacy, and he stood up against it. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Will you excuse my obstinacy if I still venture to press it? 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- By perpetuating the consequences of his ignorant and blind obstinacy. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Obstinacy may be mere animal inertia and insensitiveness. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The gamekeepers were more enraged than their lord by my obstinacy. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Mammy has a kind of obstinacy about her, in spots, that everybody don't see as I do. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I don't understand you, yet,' said Bounderby, with determined obstinacy, 'and therefore I won't make any promises. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- She has obstinacy and pride enough to serve instead of love, now she has married him, said Will to himself. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
錄入:撒迦利亚