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Intransigence is the noun: a stubborn unwillingness to change your ideas or behaviour, in a way that other people find unreasonable. It is not just being sure of yourself. It is refusing to meet anyone halfway, even when a little movement would help.
Intransigence is the nounintransigence是名詞: a stubborn unwillingness to change your ideas or behaviour指頑固地不願意改變自己的想法或行為, in a way that other people find unreasonable而且是別人覺得不合理的那種頑固。It is not just being sure of yourself這不只是對自己有信心而已。It is refusing to meet anyone halfway而是拒絕跟任何人各退一步, even when a little movement would help即使稍微讓一點步會有幫助
News writers use it about talks, , and long arguments — “both sides accused the other of intransigence.” It is a formal word. You would not usually use it of a child who will not eat vegetables, unless you were being and heavy.
News writers use it about talks, politics, and long arguments新聞寫作常用這個字來形容談判、政治,和長期的爭執 — "both sides accused the other of intransigence."像"both sides accused the other of intransigence."(雙方都指責對方頑固不讓)。It is a formal word這是一個正式的字。You would not usually use it of a child who will not eat vegetables你通常不會用這個字形容一個不吃青菜的小孩, unless you were being wry and heavy除非你是在挖苦、故意講得很誇張
Though actually, the person showing intransigence often feels they are being , not difficult; the word itself already takes a side and says the stubbornness has gone too far.
Though actually, the person showing intransigence often feels they are being principled, not difficult不過其實,表現出intransigence的人常常覺得自己是有原則,而不是難搞; the word itself already takes a side這個字本身其實已經站了一邊, and says the stubbornness has gone too far意思是在說這份固執已經過頭了
組成From French intransigeance, the noun of intransigeant, borrowed from Spanish intransigente in the late nineteenth century. Morphologically in- + transiger + -ant, literally “uncompromising.”
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- intransigentthe adjective (and sometimes the person) this noun is built from
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
intransigencenoun/ɪnˈtɹæn.sɪ.d͡ʒəns/
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Unwillingness to change one's views or to agree.
- Near-synonyms: stubbornness, immovableness, intransigentism
- The intransigence of both sides frustrated the negotiators.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。