| 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 FAMILYintractable: intractability, intractableness, intractably+/intractability: intractabilities/tractability: tractabilities/tractable: intractable, tractability, tractableness, tractably USAGE EXAMPLESBut 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, unmanageablehard to control disobedientnot obeying or complying with commands of those in authority obstinate, stubborn, unregeneratetenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield untamed, wildin a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated balking, balkystopping short and refusing to go on refractory, stubbornnot responding to treatment uncontrollable, unmanageabledifficult to solve or alleviate unmalleabledifficult or impossible to shape or work manipulable, tractable easily managed (controlled or taught or molded) compliantdisposed or willing to comply manageablecapable of being managed or controlled obedientdutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority docilewilling to be taught or led or supervised or directed tame, tamedbrought from wildness into a domesticated state ductile, malleableeasily influenced docile, teachableready and willing to be taught tamable, tameablecapable of being tamed |
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