Intractable
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GRE Barron
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 倔强的; 难管的
- ［英］ adj. 倔强的 ( unruly or stubborn) ; 难管的 ( hard to manage)
- ［类］ intractable : manage / phlegmatic : provoke ( 倔强的难以管理 / 冷漠的难以激起)
- ［记］ in ( 不) +tract ( 拉) +able -> 拉不动的 -> 倔强的
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Latin intractabilis, from in- + tractabilis tractable
- Date: 1531
- 1. not easily governed, managed, or directed <intractable problems>
- 2. not easily manipulated or wrought <intractable metal>
- 3. not easily relieved or cured <intractable pain>
- Synonyms: see unruly
- ? intractability noun
- ? intractably adverb
