英语词汇“intractable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Can't manage your stubborn little brother who won't do what anyone says? You could call him intractable, or you could call your mother. Problems are intractable when they can't be solved.

Intractable means not tractable. Helpful, right? No? Let's break it down. In both words you see the word tract. A contract is a written document that explains how a legal situation is to be managed together. When someone is tractable they are able to be managed or handled. When they are intractable, they are as unmanageable as a hungry two-year old.

WORD FAMILY

intractable: intractability, intractableness, intractably+/intractability: intractabilities/tractability: tractabilities/tractable: intractable, tractability, tractableness, tractably

USAGE EXAMPLES

But even as the city continues to add freeway lanes in an intractable war against congestion, Angelenos are increasingly embracing new ideas in transportation.

New York Times(Dec 30, 2016)

Schwartz slapped his palm on a wall studded with steel bracing rods—short-term solutions to an intractable long-term problem.

The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016)

The conflict in Syria was such an intractable mess that only the most ruthless were likely to survive, and their survival will cost them dearly.

Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016)

adj not tractable; difficult to manage or mold

an intractable disposition
intractable pain
the most intractable issue of our era
intractable metal

Syn|Ant

defiant, noncompliant

boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

difficult, unmanageable

hard to control

disobedient

not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority

obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate

tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

untamed, wild

in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated

balking, balky

stopping short and refusing to go on

refractory, stubborn

not responding to treatment

uncontrollable, unmanageable

difficult to solve or alleviate

unmalleable

difficult or impossible to shape or work

manipulable, tractable

easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)

compliant

disposed or willing to comply

manageable

capable of being managed or controlled

obedient

dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority

docile

willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed

tame, tamed

brought from wildness into a domesticated state

ductile, malleable

easily influenced

docile, teachable

ready and willing to be taught

tamable, tameable

capable of being tamed

单词	intractable
释义	intractable (once / 4950 pages) adj Can't manage your stubborn little brother who won't do what anyone says? You could call him intractable, or you could call your mother. Problems are intractable when they can't be solved. Intractable means not tractable. Helpful, right? No? Let's break it down. In both words you see the word tract. A contract is a written document that explains how a legal situation is to be managed together. When someone is tractable they are able to be managed or handled. When they are intractable, they are as unmanageable as a hungry two-year old. WORD FAMILY intractable: intractability, intractableness, intractably+/intractability: intractabilities/tractability: tractabilities/tractable: intractable, tractability, tractableness, tractably USAGE EXAMPLES But even as the city continues to add freeway lanes in an intractable war against congestion, Angelenos are increasingly embracing new ideas in transportation. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Schwartz slapped his palm on a wall studded with steel bracing rods—short-term solutions to an intractable long-term problem. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) The conflict in Syria was such an intractable mess that only the most ruthless were likely to survive, and their survival will cost them dearly. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) adj not tractable; difficult to manage or mold an intractable disposition intractable pain the most intractable issue of our era intractable metal Syn\|Ant defiant, noncompliant boldly resisting authority or an opposing force difficult, unmanageable hard to control disobedient not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield untamed, wild in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated balking, balky stopping short and refusing to go on refractory, stubborn not responding to treatment uncontrollable, unmanageable difficult to solve or alleviate unmalleable difficult or impossible to shape or work manipulable, tractable easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) compliant disposed or willing to comply manageable capable of being managed or controlled obedient dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority docile willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed tame, tamed brought from wildness into a domesticated state ductile, malleable easily influenced docile, teachable ready and willing to be taught tamable, tameable capable of being tamed
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