intransigent

adjective
🔊/ɪnˈtrænzɪdʒənt/
🔊/ɪnˈtrænzɪdʒənt/
(formal, disapproving)
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  1. (of people) unwilling to change their opinions or behaviour in a way that would be helpful to others不妥协的;不愿合作的;不肯让步的 synonym stubborn
    • an intransigent attitude不妥协的态度
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French intransigeant, from Spanish los intransigentes (a name adopted by the extreme republicans in the Cortes (Spanish parliment), 1873–4); based on Latin in- ‘not’ + transigere ‘come to an understanding’.