If you describe someone or something as recalcitrant, you mean that they are unwilling to obey orders or are difficult to deal with.
例句
The danger is that recalcitrant local authorities will reject their responsibilities...危險(xiǎn)在于抗命不遵的地方當(dāng)局將拒絕履行他們的職責(zé)。He had a knack for coaxing even the most recalcitrant engine to life.即使是最難擺弄的發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)他都有本事搞定。
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
倔強(qiáng)對(duì)抗的;拒不服從的
The University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstraters.這所大學(xué)把幾個(gè)反抗性最強(qiáng)的示威者開除了。
英英詞典釋義
Adjective
1. marked by stubborn resistance to and defiant of authority or guidance;
"a recalcitrant teenager""everything revolves around a refractory individual genius"
2. marked by stubborn resistance to authority;
"the University suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"