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Definition of obstinate in English: obstinateadjective ˈɒbstɪnətˈɑbstənət 1Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so. 顽固的，固执的；倔强的 her obstinate determination to pursue a career in radio Example sentencesExamples - Thanks to the Prime Minister, s remarks, many people think that both farmers and the county council are being obstinate in refusing to reopen footpaths and bridle ways.
- Then the temperamental keyboards decided to be obstinate, gave one little gasp and retired leaving their conductor Victor Philip with nothing to guide them with but enthusiasm.
- Being the obstinate set of girls they were, the debate would carry on until one of them had decided it best to just kill the subject.
- Why be obstinate and persist in planting rice if eventually we don't make any money?
- From what he knew, Miette was obstinate, so stubborn that it was odd to see her even shed a tear from physical pain, let alone emotional.
- He was familiar with her obstinate behaviour, and knew that any attempt to dissuade her from doing what she wanted would only invoke her anger.
- Parents should back off when their teen is moody - teenagers very often don't even know the reason for their mood change and it can go from sad to happy, from obstinate to cooperative within a short time.
- Despite his obstinate attitude, he beckoned for Eva and Sofia to accompany him.
- For the grey-haired, being young is often equated with being hot-headed, turbulent, self-willed, obstinate, and too hot to handle.
- He was self-willed, obstinate, aggressive, vindictive, beset by feelings of inferiority, and yet firmly convinced of his own abilities.
- She was opinionated and obstinate, and Charles soon found he had nothing to worry about.
- While once children were called stupid, lazy, naughty or obstinate, now we have many syndromes and disorders - all still imperfectly understood - that medicalise their behaviour.
- Then, when I stand up for myself (maybe not always in the best of situations), or when I act stubborn and obstinate, I fight with people.
- But, as the obstinate refusers show, it is possible to opt out of particular activities because others will happily take them on.
- He is proving to be about as obstinate, determined and defiant as I.
- Taureans, signified by the bull, were often described as obstinate and inflexible, while Pisceans could be risk-takers and daredevils.
- I dealt with her as I dealt with my own mother, who could also be obstinate and single-minded, I did my best to avoid telling Kay things I knew she did not want to hear.
- They retain their anger for a long time and are obstinate in their opinions.
- You can have really strong, obstinate opinions, so long as your facts are true, you're OK.
- In his prose he becomes a powerful presence, a personality with obstinate opinions and sardonic asides.
- This person is the most opinionated, wrong, obstinate person I've seen in this courtroom.
Synonyms stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, stubborn as a mule, pig-headed, bull-headed, self-willed, strong-minded, strong-willed, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unmanageable, cross-grained, stiff-necked, stiff, rigid, steely, iron-willed, uncompromising, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unpersuadable, immovable, unmalleable, unshakeable, inexorable, with one's toes/feet dug in, persistent, persevering, tenacious, pertinacious, dogged, single-minded, adamant, firm, steadfast, determined British informal bloody-minded, bolshie, stroppy North American informal balky archaic froward, contumacious rare contrarious, indurate - 1.1 (of an unwelcome situation) very difficult to change or overcome.
（不良现象或情况）难改变的；难克服的；根深蒂固的 the obstinate problem of unemployment 失业这个顽固的难题。 Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, ‘Anglo-Saxon’ continuity in dismissive irritation is as tenacious as French continuity in obstinate and distinctive ambition.
- The other America, whether montagnard or prairie, is solidly continental and landlocked, its tap roots of obstinate self-belief buried deep beneath the bluegrass and the high corn.
- She continued to rip off the obstinate gnashing steel contraption to no avail.
- The feature provides the workaround for its obstinate blocking of incoming packets, in some cases.
- Those inept, self-important idiots ran that place into the ground, creating unnecessary crises through decades of obstinate mismanagement.
- This would go a long way to reduce some of our citizens' obstinate dependence on the weekly collection of waste.
- As anticipated, the resumed negotiations failed to bring about a substantial breakthrough because both Pyongyang and Washington did not budge from their obstinate positions.
- The movie is a study in intolerance, though less the big, genocidal brand than the petty, obstinate kind that occurs in situations where a man sets himself apart from his community.
- Meanwhile, I simply dozed off, and dreamt of being chased by a group of spear-throwing Alpine warriors, presumably because of a particularly obstinate piece of grass that was sticking into my left thigh.
Derivativesadverb ˈɒbstənətli As the old man listened to what the interpreter said, he half-closed his eyes and looked upwards, quite stubbornly and obstinately. Example sentencesExamples - Universal anthems are one thing but in an increasingly homogenised, corporate world, the nation state obstinately refuses to wither away.
- Imagine him sticking to his guns and obstinately insisting that appeasement wasn't wrongheaded, there just wasn't enough of it.
- With a second blow Becket, still obstinately upright, said: ‘Into thy hands, oh Lord, I commend my spirit.’
- For a number of years now a former professor obstinately corrects me each time I refer to the Internet as a ‘place.’
OriginMiddle English: from Latin obstinatus, past participle of obstinare 'persist'. Definition of obstinate in US English: obstinateadjectiveˈɑbstənətˈäbstənət 1Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so. 顽固的，固执的；倔强的 Example sentencesExamples - They retain their anger for a long time and are obstinate in their opinions.
- For the grey-haired, being young is often equated with being hot-headed, turbulent, self-willed, obstinate, and too hot to handle.
- Despite his obstinate attitude, he beckoned for Eva and Sofia to accompany him.
- He was familiar with her obstinate behaviour, and knew that any attempt to dissuade her from doing what she wanted would only invoke her anger.
- Why be obstinate and persist in planting rice if eventually we don't make any money?
- Thanks to the Prime Minister, s remarks, many people think that both farmers and the county council are being obstinate in refusing to reopen footpaths and bridle ways.
- He is proving to be about as obstinate, determined and defiant as I.
- He was self-willed, obstinate, aggressive, vindictive, beset by feelings of inferiority, and yet firmly convinced of his own abilities.
- From what he knew, Miette was obstinate, so stubborn that it was odd to see her even shed a tear from physical pain, let alone emotional.
- She was opinionated and obstinate, and Charles soon found he had nothing to worry about.
- Then the temperamental keyboards decided to be obstinate, gave one little gasp and retired leaving their conductor Victor Philip with nothing to guide them with but enthusiasm.
- You can have really strong, obstinate opinions, so long as your facts are true, you're OK.
- This person is the most opinionated, wrong, obstinate person I've seen in this courtroom.
- I dealt with her as I dealt with my own mother, who could also be obstinate and single-minded, I did my best to avoid telling Kay things I knew she did not want to hear.
- Being the obstinate set of girls they were, the debate would carry on until one of them had decided it best to just kill the subject.
- But, as the obstinate refusers show, it is possible to opt out of particular activities because others will happily take them on.
- Taureans, signified by the bull, were often described as obstinate and inflexible, while Pisceans could be risk-takers and daredevils.
- Parents should back off when their teen is moody - teenagers very often don't even know the reason for their mood change and it can go from sad to happy, from obstinate to cooperative within a short time.
- Then, when I stand up for myself (maybe not always in the best of situations), or when I act stubborn and obstinate, I fight with people.
- In his prose he becomes a powerful presence, a personality with obstinate opinions and sardonic asides.
- While once children were called stupid, lazy, naughty or obstinate, now we have many syndromes and disorders - all still imperfectly understood - that medicalise their behaviour.
Synonyms stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, stubborn as a mule, pig-headed, bull-headed, self-willed, strong-minded, strong-willed, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unmanageable, cross-grained, stiff-necked, stiff, rigid, steely, iron-willed, uncompromising, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unpersuadable, immovable, unmalleable, unshakeable, inexorable, with one's feet dug in, with one's toes dug in, persistent, persevering, tenacious, pertinacious, dogged, single-minded, adamant, firm, steadfast, determined - 1.1 (of an unwelcome phenomenon or situation) very difficult to change or overcome.
（不良现象或情况）难改变的；难克服的；根深蒂固的 the obstinate problem of unemployment 失业这个顽固的难题。 Example sentencesExamples - As anticipated, the resumed negotiations failed to bring about a substantial breakthrough because both Pyongyang and Washington did not budge from their obstinate positions.
- The other America, whether montagnard or prairie, is solidly continental and landlocked, its tap roots of obstinate self-belief buried deep beneath the bluegrass and the high corn.
- Indeed, ‘Anglo-Saxon’ continuity in dismissive irritation is as tenacious as French continuity in obstinate and distinctive ambition.
- She continued to rip off the obstinate gnashing steel contraption to no avail.
- The movie is a study in intolerance, though less the big, genocidal brand than the petty, obstinate kind that occurs in situations where a man sets himself apart from his community.
- The feature provides the workaround for its obstinate blocking of incoming packets, in some cases.
- Meanwhile, I simply dozed off, and dreamt of being chased by a group of spear-throwing Alpine warriors, presumably because of a particularly obstinate piece of grass that was sticking into my left thigh.
- This would go a long way to reduce some of our citizens' obstinate dependence on the weekly collection of waste.
- Those inept, self-important idiots ran that place into the ground, creating unnecessary crises through decades of obstinate mismanagement.
OriginMiddle English: from Latin obstinatus, past participle of obstinare ‘persist’. |