recalcitrant
英 [rɪˈkælsɪtrənt]
美 [rɪˈkælsɪtrənt]
adj. 不守规章的; 不服从指挥的; 桀骜不驯的; 难以控制的
BNC.14128 / COCA.17985
牛津词典
adj.
- 不守规章的;不服从指挥的;桀骜不驯的;难以控制的
unwilling to obey rules or follow instructions; difficult to control
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 不服从命令的;顽抗的
If you describe someone or something asrecalcitrant, you mean that they are unwilling to obey orders or are difficult to deal with.- The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities...
危险在于抗命不遵的地方当局将拒绝履行他们的职责。 - He had a knack for coaxing even the most recalcitrant engine to life.
即使是最难摆弄的发动机他都有本事搞定。
- The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities...
英英释义
adj
- marked by stubborn resistance to authority
- the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators
- stubbornly resistant to authority or control
- a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
- a refractory child
双语例句
- We think some of the more recalcitrant or less reactive oil components are still there in the water.
“我们认为深水中仍然有一些顽强的或者较不活泼的石油组分”。 - For recalcitrant Republicans, taxes must not be raised.
而在誓死反抗的美国共和党人看来,提税也是不容为之的。 - We can turn around the most recalcitrant of them.
我们就能改变他们中大部分的顽固分子。 - Questions about norms and spectra are likely to be recalcitrant.
有关范数和谱的问题多半是难解的。 - But for snivelling children and recalcitrant carnivores the fleeting thought that you might not have to was nice while it lasted.
但是对于哭哭啼啼的小孩和顽固的肉食主义者,改变他们的想法让它一瞬即逝好了。 - Relationship between browning and soluble sugar of recalcitrant seeds of chestnut in front of and behind maturation
顽拗性板栗种子成熟前后褐变与可溶性糖的关系 - The donkey was of a recalcitrant temperament and had to be pulled around wherever it went.
驴子脾性难驯,无论去何处都得牵着它。 - Kublai khan prepared a great fleet and army with which to punish the recalcitrant ruler.
忽必烈汗准备了一支庞大的舰队和陆军,来惩罚这个拒不服从的统治者。 - The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities
危险在于抗命不遵的地方当局将拒绝履行他们的职责。 - But China seems recalcitrant.
但是中国似乎不愿从命。