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单词 stubborn
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stubbornstubborn /ˈstʌbɚn/ adjective stubborn
refusing to change your opinions or behavior because you believe you are right:
  • I told him it was a bad idea, but Dave is so stubborn that he did it anyway.
  • The city wants to build a shopping center here, but a stubborn old man has refused to sell his land to them.
  • determined
    if you are determined to do something, you have decided that you are definitely going to do it, and you will not let anything stop you:
  • I was determined to be a professional dancer and practiced every day.
  • She was determined that her children should have the best possible education.
  • obstinate
    very stubborn in a way that is annoying and unreasonable:
  • You know I'm right. You are just being obstinate.
  • willful
    deliberately continuing to do what you want, even after you have been told to stop. You use willful especially about a child or young person who is behaving badly, or about someone who knows that what they are doing breaks the law:
  • It was a mistake, not a willful violation of the law (=a deliberate act of breaking the law).
  • SYNONYM CHECKStubborn or determined?Stubborn, obstinate, and willful are usually used when you disapprove of someone's behavior. You use determined when you think that the behavior is good.
    ADVERBS: stubbornYou can make the adjectives that mean stubborn into adverbs by using an -ly ending: He stubbornly refused to sell his land. | You obstinately do the opposite of what I tell you! | Did the boys willfully break the law?
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