释义 |
recalcitrance|rɪˈkælsɪtrəns| [See next and -ance. Cf. mod.F. récalcitrance.] Recalcitrant temper or conduct.
1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. iii. 279 Armed with this letter, the heads of houses subdued the recalcitrance of the overhasty ‘youth’. 1882Farrar Early Chr. I. 32 The Senate showed signs of indignant recalcitrance against her attacks on those whose power she feared. So reˈcalcitrancy.
1869Daily News 15 Apr., This judgment is not at all unlikely to strengthen them in their recalcitrancy. |