recalcitrant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who is recalcitrant.
形容词 adj.
  1. Marked by a stubborn unwillingness to obey authority.
    — His nimble fancy was recalcitrant to mental discipline.
  2. Unwilling to cooperate socially.
  3. Difficult to deal with or to operate.
    — The more labile organic constituents of complex dissolved and particulate organic matter are commonly hydrolyzed and metabolized more rapidly than more recalcitrant organic compounds that are less accessible enzymatically.
  4. Not viable for an extended period; damaged by drying or freezing.

词形变化

more recalcitrant comparative most recalcitrant superlative recalcitrants plural

词汇关系

反义词
compliant obedient amenable cooperative eager orthodox
衍生词
biorecalcitrant recalcitrance recalcitrancy recalcitrantly

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French récalcitrant, in derived from Latin recalcitrāns, recalcitrantis, present participle of recalcitrō, recalcitrāre (“be disobedient, kick back [as a horse]”), from calx (“heel”), 1820s.
词源 2
Borrowed from French récalcitrant, in derived from Latin recalcitrāns, recalcitrantis, present participle of recalcitrō, recalcitrāre (“be disobedient, kick back [as a horse]”), from calx (“heel”), 1820s.
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