| 单词 | unyielding |
| 释义 | unyielding (once / 3633 pages) adj When things are unyielding, they won't stop, won't give, or won't bend. That includes stubborn, unyielding personalities and stiff, unyielding mattresses. You know people who never change their minds, even when they're wrong? You could say they're unyielding. This word refers to people who refuse to budge and never give up. Sometimes that’s a good thing, and sometimes it's just plain annoying. Physical things can be unyielding if they're hard or impossible to stop. A hurricane or tornado is unyielding, and so is a speeding train. When you see the word unyielding, think "Can't or won't be stopped." WORD FAMILYunyielding: unyieldingly, unyieldingness+/yield: yielded, yielder, yielding, yields/yielder: yielders/yielding: unyielding, yieldingly, yieldings USAGE EXAMPLESHe brokered a new broadcast agreement last month that acknowledged the continued relevance of cable television but also the unyielding rise of the online audience. Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016) Writing in the Guardian on Tuesday, Anwar said his “political imprisonment” meant Malaysia needed “unyielding international encouragement and pressure”. The Guardian(Dec 13, 2016) Perry is an unyielding backer of opening up more land for drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Los Angeles Times(Dec 13, 2016) 1adj stubbornly unyielding Syn dogged, dour, persistent, pertinacious, tenacious obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield 2adj resistant to physical force or pressure an unyielding head support Syn hard resisting weight or pressure |
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