• adj. 頑固的，執(zhí)拗的；冷酷無情的

ob-,相對(duì)，對(duì)著的，-dur,硬的，詞源同endure,during.引申詞義固執(zhí)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.

政府的一些部門可能正在作出改變，但是其他部門卻執(zhí)意維護(hù)現(xiàn)狀。

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

第三部分人則是頑固地還要等著看.

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

這個(gè)孩子的悲慘遭遇即使最冷酷的心腸也會(huì)為之動(dòng)情.

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

就連頑固的印度也開始表現(xiàn)得不那么像一個(gè)局外人.

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

固有的偏見 、 執(zhí)拗的觀點(diǎn)與沒有觀點(diǎn)一樣貧瘠可憐.

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