obdurate
英 ['ɒbdjʊrət]
美 ['ɑbdərət]
GRE
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。
- 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.
- 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。
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- 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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