intransigent

• adj. 不妥协的；不让步的
• n. 不妥协的人

in-,不，非，-transig,转给，妥协，词源同transact,transigent.

1. not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion;

"he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"

"Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill

"an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendancy"

intransigent

intransigent: [19] In the 18th century there was an extreme leftist political party in Spain which, because of its unwillingness ever to compromise, was known as los intransigentes. The name was formed with the negative prefix in- from transigentes, the present participle of Spanish transigir ‘compromise’. This was a descendant of Latin transigere, literally ‘drive through’, hence ‘come to an understanding, accomplish’ (source of English transact), a compound verb formed from trans- ‘through’ and agere ‘drive’ (from which English gets action, agent, etc.) French took the Spanish word over as a general adjective meaning ‘uncompromising’, and English acquired it in the early 1880s.
=> act, action, agent, transact

intransigent (adj.)

1881, from French intransigeant, from Spanish los intransigentes, literally "those not coming to agreement," name for extreme republican party in the Spanish Cortes 1873-4, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + transigente "compromising," from Latin transigentem (nominative transigens), present participle of transigere "come to an agreement, accomplish, to carry through" (see transaction). Acquired its generalized sense in French.

They put pressure on the Government to change its intransigent stance...

他们向政府施压以迫使其改变不妥协的立场。

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The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent.

现在人们担忧激进分子会变得更加不妥协。

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They promoted an intransigent revolutionary strategy.

他们采取一种毫不妥协的革命战略.

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Owing to their intransigent attitude we were unable to reach an agreement.

由于他们态度僵硬,我们无法达成协议.

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But is that administration is letting an intransigent regime off the hook . Administration officials explain Ms.

但高级政府官员表示他们不指望金正日政权将在未来九个月交出它的钚.

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An intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency.

固执的保守派反对任何自由主义倾向.

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Sir Alex was always intransigent and denied any possibility of a transfer.

问:可是弗格森丝毫不妥协,而且拒绝任何报价.

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Let us not forget that the Japanese are an intransigent people.

吾人慎勿忘日本乃一顽强之民族.

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The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent.

现在人们担忧激进分子会变得更加不妥协。

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He can be intransigent and pigheaded at times.

他有时候会很固执，寸步不让。

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They put pressure on the Government to change its intransigent stance.

他们向政府施压以迫使其改变不妥协的立场。

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