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单词 inflexibility
释义 I. inflexibility1|ɪnˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ|
[f. inflexible1 + -ity, perh. after F. inflexibilité (1611 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
The quality or condition of being inflexible; incapability of being bent; unyielding stiffness, rigidity; firmness of purpose, obstinacy.
1611Florio, Inflessibilita, inflexibilitie.1706in Phillips.c1730A. Baxter Enq. Nat. Soul II. 125 (T.) Against the ‘inertia’ of matter, or the inflexibility of mechanism.1742Fielding J. Andrews iv. v, The squire, who knew her inflexibility, interrupted her.1818Scott Rob Roy xxiii, His features arranged into the utmost inflexibility of expression.1873L. Ferguson Disc. 218 Mere inflexibility of purpose is not necessarily an excellence.1876tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 337 Bone..cannot swell, in consequence of its inflexibility.
II. inflexibility2
see inflexible2.
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