1. 固執的；執拗的；倔強的 If you describe someone as obstinate, you are being critical of them because they are very determined to do what they want, and refuse to change their mind or be persuaded to do something else.
e.g. He is obstinate and determined and will not give up... 他非常頑固，而且又鐵了心，是不會(huì )放棄的。 e.g. She was a wicked and obstinate child. 她是個(gè)淘氣又執拗的孩子。
obstinately I stayed obstinately in my room, sitting by the telephone... 我執意呆在房間里，坐在電話(huà)機旁邊。 Smith obstinately refused to carry out the order. 史密斯我行我素，拒不執行命令。obstinacy I might have become a dangerous man with all that stubbornness and obstinacy built into me. 我若是養就了那種根深蒂固的犟脾氣，也許就成了危險分子。
2. 難以移動(dòng)的；難以改變的；難以消除的 You can describe things as obstinate when they are difficult to move, change, or destroy.
e.g. ...rusted farm equipment strewn among the obstinate weeds. 扔在恣意蔓生的雜草叢中的銹跡斑斑的農具
obstinately ...the door of the shop which obstinately stayed closed when he tried to push it open. 他怎么使勁也推不開(kāi)的店門(mén)
obstinate英英釋義
verb
1. persist stubbornly
e.g. he obstinates himself against all rational arguments
adj
1. resistant to guidance or discipline
e.g. Mary Mary quite contrary an obstinate child with a violent temper a perverse mood wayward behavior
Synonym: contraryperversewayward
2. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
Synonym: cussedobdurateunrepentant
3. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield