recalcitrant
recalcitrant[rɪˈkalsɪtr(ə)nt]adjective- having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline
拒不服从的;顽抗的,倔强对抗的
a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds.
一群桀骜不驯的15岁少年。
noun- a person with such an attitude
倔强顽抗者,桀骜不驯的人
派生recalcitrancenounrecalcitrantlyadverb语源- mid 19th cent.: from Latin recalcitrant- 'kicking out with the heels', from the verb recalcitrare, based on calx, calc- 'heel'
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