Recalcitrant



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.顽抗的
• ［英］ adj.顽抗的 ( obstinately defiant of authority or restraint; unruly)
• ［记］ re ( 重新) ＋calcitr ( =calc石头) ＋ant -> 变成石头 -> 固执的

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Late Latin recalcitrant-, recalcitrans, present participle of recalcitrare to be stubbornly disobedient, from Latin, to kick back, from re- + calcitrare to kick, from calc-, calx heel
• Date: 1843
• 1. obstinately defiant of authority or restraint
• 2.
  • a. difficult to manage or operate
  • b. not responsive to treatment
  • c. resistant subject is recalcitrant both to observation and to experiment — G. G. Simpson
• Synonyms: see unruly
• ? recalcitrant noun

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