喜樂美語

From the word’s history

From Middle English stiborne, of uncertain origin; perhaps from Old English stybb 'stump'.

源自中古英文 stiborne，來源不明；有一說來自古英文 stybb「樹樁」。

Wiktionary

You can picture stubborn as something that has dug its heels in: you push, and it does not move. A child who will not put on their coat, a door that will not open, a stain that will not wash out — the outside force is real, but the thing simply stays where it is.

「推它，它不動」。一個人兩腳釘在地上，你怎麼拉他都不改姿勢；一扇門你使勁推，它就是不開；一塊污漬你搓了半天，它還在那裡。stubborn 描述的不是「有力氣反抗」，而是「不讓步」——外力明明來了，它就是維持原狀。有趣的是這個畫面本身不帶好壞：同一個「不動」，用在別人身上叫固執，用在困難上叫難搞，用在自己的堅持上就成了頑強。

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

  • 名詞stubbornness
  • 副詞stubbornly

more stubborn most stubborn

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。

stubbornadj/ˈstʌbɚn/

  • 1

    Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.

    • People are pretty stubborn about their political beliefs, so why bother arguing?
    • Blood can make a very stubborn stain on fabrics if not washed properly.
  • 2

    Physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.

    • Under his hand a stubborn latch sprung noisily […]

stubbornnoun/ˈstʌbɚn/

  • 1

    informalStubbornness.

    • But I have to say that one thing you inherited from your mother is a whole lot of stubborn.
    • That takes a lot of stubborn for a seventy-something man.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

  • stubborn disease

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