recalcitrance
noun [ U ] formal uk/rɪˈkæl.sɪ.trəns/ us/rɪˈkæl.sɪ.trəns/
固执;不听话
the quality of being determined not to do what other people, especially people in authority, want or expect to be done
Landowners' recalcitrance about land reform helped precipitate the reaction against them. 地主对土地改革的抗拒助长了对他们的反抗。
a fear of teenage recalcitrance 惧怕少年的桀骜不驯
See: recalcitrant
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- Recalcitrance persisted on both sides.
- She was maddened by his recalcitrance.
- a child's recalcitrance in the face of parental attempts at correction