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obdurate
  • Derivatives : n  obduracy ; adv  obdurately
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

obdurate ['ɑbdjərɪt] ['ɔbdjurɪt]
  1. 1. adjective 冷酷无情的;硬心肠的
  2. 2. adjective 执迷不悟的;毫无悔意的
  3. 3. adjective 执拗的;倔强

Collins English-English Dictionary

obdurate ['ɒbdjυrɪt]
  1. 1. adj not easily moved by feelings or supplication; hardhearted
  2. 2. adj impervious to persuasion, esp to moral persuasion
  3. 3. adj [Etymology] C15: from Latin obdurare to make hard, from ob- (intensive) + durus hard; compare endure

Examples

她是个左性子,动不动就发火。
She is of obdurate temperament, and gets angry easily.

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