| 单词 | inflexible |
| 释义 | inflexible (once / 1593 pages) adj Something inflexible does not bend easily. A stiff back can make you inflexible, or unable to fold over and touch your toes. A really busy schedule can make you inflexible or unable to bend or accommodate your plans for others. Combine the Latin root words in- meaning "not" and flectere, "to bend" and you have the very meaning of inflexible: not able to bend. Ballet is not for the inflexible or those people who simply are not bendy by nature. Compromise also is not for the inflexible, or those who are really rigid or set in their ways. WORD FAMILYinflexible: inflexibility, inflexibleness, inflexiblest, inflexibly+/flex: flexed, flexes, flexible, flexing, flexure/flexibility: flexibilities/flexible: flexibility, flexibleness, flexibly, inflexible/flexure: flexures/inflexibility: inflexibilities USAGE EXAMPLESMortensen’s inflexible patriarch in the movie is an atheist who celebrates the birth of Noam Chomsky, not Jesus. Los Angeles Times(Dec 19, 2016) The French league submitted the case to its disciplinary commission, warning that it will be “inflexible” in dealing with the issue. Washington Times(Dec 03, 2016) Although Trump still insists that he will secure the border, though, he is not inflexible about the exact method for doing so. Salon(Nov 14, 2016) 1adj resistant to being bent an inflexible iron bar an inflexible knife blade Syn|Ant inelastic not elastic muscle-boundhaving stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise rigid, stiffincapable of or resistant to bending semirigidnot fully rigid flexible, flexile able to flex; able to bend easily elasticcapable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy bendable, pliable, pliant, waxycapable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking double-jointedhaving unusually flexible joints especially of the limbs or fingers limber, supple(used of persons' bodies) capable of moving or bending freely limber(used of artifacts) easily bent spinnable, spinnbarcapable of being spun into fibres stretched(of muscles) relieved of stiffness by stretching 2adj incapable of change a man of inflexible purpose Syn|Ant adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason die-hard, rock-ribbedtradition-bound and obstinately opinionated fossilised, fossilized, ossifiedset in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs hard-corestubbornly resistant to change or improvement brassbound, ironcladinflexibly entrenched and unchangeable flexible capable of being changed limber, supple(used of e.g. personality traits) readily adaptable negotiable, on the tableable to be negotiated or arranged by compromise 3adj incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances an inflexible law Syn rigid, unbending unadaptable not adaptable 4adj not making concessions Syn|Ant sturdy, uncompromising hard-line, hardline firm and uncompromising compromising, conciliatory, flexible making or willing to make concessions yieldingtending to give in or surrender or agree |
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