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obdurate

C2 adj

obdurate /ˈɑbd(j)ʊɹɪt/ nghĩa là ngoan cố, cứng đầu (trong việc sai trái)

Các nghĩa

  1. ngoan cố, cứng đầu (trong việc sai trái)

    Stubbornly persistent, generally in wrongdoing; refusing to reform or repent.

    […] sometimes the very custom of evil making the heart obdurate against whatsoever instructions to the contrary […]

    Art thou obdurate, flintie, hard as ſteele? / Nay more then flint, for ſtone at raine relenteth: […]

    […] round he throws his baleful eyes That witness'd huge affliction and dismay Mixt with obdurate pride and stedfast hate:

  2. vô tình, chai đá, lạnh lùng

    Hardened against feeling; hard-hearted.

    I fear the gentleman to whom Miss Amelia's letters were addressed was rather an obdurate critic.

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