refusing to change your mind or your actions in any way synonym stubborn顽固的;固执的;执拗的 an obdurate attitude 顽固的态度 to remain obdurate 保持顽固 Some members of the committee are likely to prove obdurate on this matter. 委员会的一些成员可能会在这个问题上表现得很顽固。
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘hardened in sin, unrepentant’): from Latin obduratus, past participle of obdurare, from ob- ‘in opposition’ + durare ‘harden’ (from durus ‘hard’).