英 [ˈɒbdjərət] 美 [ˈɑːbdərət]
adj. 顽固的，执拗的；冷酷无情的
obdurate /ˈɒbdjʊrɪt/
形容词 If you describe someone as obdurate, you think that they are being unreasonable in their refusal to change their decision or opinion. 执拗的; 顽固不化的
Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo.
政府的一些部门可能正在作出改变，但其他部门却要执意维持现状。
顽固的
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obdurately 顽固地；执拗地
obduracy 执拗；冷酷；顽固
Mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate.
顽固的傲气和难消的憎恨交织着。
Even obdurate India has begun to look less of an outlier.
就连顽固的印度也开始表现得不那么像一个局外人。
Among big countries, perhaps only America and Russia are considered more obdurate.
在其他大国，可能只有美国和俄罗斯被认为是更固执的。
He took ten years to come to terms with a very obdurate and highly original painter.
Although the fifth-wicket partnership offered obdurate defence, it was the deception of Swann which earned it.
This is a region with deep-rooted rivalries, its political rulers notoriously tricky and obdurate.