recalcitrant
英 [rɪ'kælsɪtr(ə)nt]
美[rɪ'kælsɪtrənt]
- adj. 反抗的；反对的；顽强的
- n. 顽抗者；不服从的人
英英释意
- 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"