recalcitrant: [19] People who are recalcitrant are etymologically ‘kicking back’ against whatever restrains or upsets them. The word was borrowed from French récalcitrant, a descendant of the present participle of Latin recalcitrāre ‘kick back’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and calcitrāre ‘kick’, which in turn was derived from Latin calx ‘heel’.
recalcitrant (adj.)
1823, from French récalcitrant, literally "kicking back" (17c.-18c.), past participle of recalcitrare "to kick back; be inaccessible," from re- "back" (see re-) + Latin calcitrare "to kick," from calx (genitive calcis) "heel." Used from 1797 as a French word in English.
雙語例句
1. The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities.
危險在于抗命不遵的地方當局將拒絕履行他們的職責。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstraters.
這所大學把幾個反抗性最強的示威者開除了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He had a knack for coaxing even the most recalcitrant engine to life.
即使是最難擺弄的發動機他都有本事搞定。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Donkeys are reputed to be the most recalcitrant animals.
驢被認為是最倔強的牲畜。
來自辭典例句
5. Questions about norms and spectra are likely to be recalcitrant.