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obdurate

英 ['ɒbdjʊrət]美 ['ɑbdərət]

adj. 顽固的，执拗的；冷酷无情的

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中文词源

obdurate 固执的

ob-,相对，对着的，-dur,硬的，词源同endure,during.引申词义固执的。

英语词源

obdurate (adj.)

mid-15c., "stubborn; hardened," from Latin obduratus

"hardened," past participle of obdurare "be hard, hold out, persist, endure," from ob "against" (see ob-) + durare "harden, render hard," from durus "hard" (see endure). Related: Obdurately.

权威例句

1. Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo.

政府的一些部门可能正在作出改变，但是其他部门却执意维护现状。

2. A third group were obdurate and still wanted to wait and see.

第三部分人则是顽固地还要等着看.

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3. The child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart.

这个孩子的悲惨遭遇即使最冷酷的心肠也会为之动情.

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4. Even obdurate India has begun to look less of an outlier.

就连顽固的印度也开始表现得不那么像一个局外人.

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5. Entrenched prejudices, obdurate opinions are as sterile as no opinionsall.

固有的偏见 、 执拗的观点与没有观点一样贫瘠可怜.

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