| 单词 | recalcitrance |
| 释义 | recalcitrance (once / 101020 pages) n Recalcitrance is the habit or characteristic of being very stubborn and difficult. Your dog's recalcitrance might mean you always end up picking him up and carrying him home when he refuses to keep walking. If lawmakers refuse to vote quickly on the President's bill, she might accuse them of recalcitrance. And, if soccer players stubbornly ignore their coach's advice and argue constantly with the referee, they'll also be accused of recalcitrance. If you tend toward recalcitrance, you're recacitrant, from the French récalcitrant, which literally means "kicking back." WORD FAMILYrecalcitrate: recalcitrance, recalcitrated, recalcitrates, recalcitrating USAGE EXAMPLES“Everything that we know about this indicates that it is the parents who are directly supporting, enabling, aiding and abetting the husband’s recalcitrance,” Stern said. Seattle Times(Nov 06, 2016) Years of careful recalcitrance, and negative publicity have scorched it more than any fundamental flaw. New York Times(Oct 28, 2016) Theories abound about the true motivation for his recalcitrance. Washington Post(Jul 19, 2016) n the trait of being unmanageable Syn|Hyper recalcitrancy, refractoriness, unmanageableness intractability, intractableness the trait of being hard to influence or control |
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