recalcitrant
英 [rɪ'kælsɪtr(ə)nt]
美 [rɪ'kælsɪtrənt]
- adj. 反抗的；反对的；顽强的
- n. 顽抗者；不服从的人
GRE
recalcitrant 难以控制的re-,向后，往回，-calc,脚跟，踢，词源同 calcaneus,decal,inculcate.引申词义难以控制的。
- recalcitrant
- recalcitrant: [19] People who are recalcitrant are etymologically ‘kicking back’ against whatever restrains or upsets them. The word was borrowed from French récalcitrant, a descendant of the present participle of Latin recalcitrāre ‘kick back’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back, again’ and calcitrāre ‘kick’, which in turn was derived from Latin calx ‘heel’.
- recalcitrant (adj.)
- 1823, from French récalcitrant, literally "kicking back" (17c.-18c.), past participle of recalcitrare "to kick back; be inaccessible," from re- "back" (see re-) + Latin calcitrare "to kick," from calx (genitive calcis) "heel." Used from 1797 as a French word in English.
- 1. The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities.
- 危险在于抗命不遵的地方当局将拒绝履行他们的职责。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstraters.
- 这所大学把几个反抗性最强的示威者开除了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He had a knack for coaxing even the most recalcitrant engine to life.
- 即使是最难摆弄的发动机他都有本事搞定。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Donkeys are reputed to be the most recalcitrant animals.
- 驴被认为是最倔强的牲畜。
来自辞典例句
- 5. Questions about norms and spectra are likely to be recalcitrant.
- 有关范数和谱的问题多半是难解的.
来自辞典例句
