- (often disapproving)
refusing to change your opinions, way of behaving, etc. when other people try to persuade you to; showing this 执拗的；固执的；顽固的 He can be very obstinate when he wants to be! 他的犟劲儿一上来，简直执拗得要命！ 🔊🔊 her obstinate refusal to comply with their request 她拒不服从他们的要求 Their position remains one of obstinate denial, even in face of the new evidence. 即使在新证据面前他们还是固执地持否定立场。
- [usually before noun]
difficult to get rid of or deal with 棘手的；难以去除的；难以对付的 the obstinate problem of unemployment 失业这个棘手的问题 an obstinate stain 顽固斑渍
Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin obstinatus, past participle of obstinare ‘persist’.