stubborn

B1 CET-6 高中 FREQ #3573 ★★☆☆☆

a. 顽固的, 不听话的, 执拗的, 棘手的

发音

US /ˈstʌbɚn/
UK /ˈstʌbən/
其它 /ˈstʊbən/

词形变化

stubborner 比较级 stubborner stubbornest stubbornest 最高级

别名

stubbourn

教材释义与例句

形容词

顽固的；顽强的；难处理的

determined not to change your mind, even when people think you are being unreasonable

Why are you so stubborn?

你怎么这么固执？

I've got a very stubborn streak (= a tendency to be stubborn ) .

我的个性很固执。

Paul can be as stubborn as a mule (= very stubborn ) .

保尔有时倔得像头驴。

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Stubbornness.

    非正式 不可数
  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of stubborn disease (“a disease of citrus trees”).

    不可数
adj. B1
  1. 1.

    Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.

    固执

    顽固

    执拗

    硬颈

    牛皮

    People are pretty stubborn about their political beliefs, so why bother arguing?

    Blood can make a very stubborn stain on fabrics if not washed properly.

  2. 2.

    Physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London Under his hand a stubborn latch sprung noisily […]

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

obstinate refractory unregenerate

反义词 1

docile

近义相关 10

determined persistent tenacious dogged pigheaded strong-willed unyielding hard-headed dour intractable

参见 5

sturdy disobedient uncompromising inflexible intractable

相关短语

stubborn as a mule stubborn up stubborn disease stubborn person mule stubborn

词源

From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn, of uncertain origin; one hypothesis is that it may be from Old English *stybbor, from Old English stybb (“a stump, stub”) + -or (adjective-formation suffix, as in bitor, whence English bitter).

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