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

复数：recalcitrants　

GREIELTS

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• marked by stubborn resistance to authority
  1. the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators
• stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  1. a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness
  2. a refractory child
  Synonym:fractiousrefractory

双语例句

• But China seems recalcitrant.
  但是中国似乎不愿从命。
• A recalcitrant teenager; everything revolves around a refractory individual genius.
  执拗的少年；万事都包含着难控制的个体天赋。
• 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。
• Oaks are very recalcitrant.
  橡树是很难对付的。
• Seeds can be categorized into orthodox, recalcitrant and intermediate seeds depending on their storage behaviour.
  根据种子的脱水行为，可以把种子分为正常性、顽拗性和中间性种子。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• He called on the laity not to attend mass when celebrated by a recalcitrant priest.
  他号召俗众不去参加那些拒不听命的祭司为人举行的弥撒。
• FOR snivelling children and recalcitrant carnivores, requests that they should eat five portions of fruit and vegetables every day have mostly fallen on deaf ears.
  对爱哭鼻子的孩童以及固执的食肉者来说，要求他们每天食用五份水果或蔬菜总是会变成耳边风的。