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that cannot be changed or made more suitable for a particular situation 缺乏弹性的；僵化的 an inflexible attitude/routine/system 死硬的态度；僵化的常规／体制 The rules are too inflexible to allow for human error. 这些规定过于死板，不允许出现人为的失误。 an inflexible retirement age 硬性规定的退休年龄
Extra ExamplesThe rules seemed arbitrary and inflexible. 这些规定似乎是任意作出的，而且缺乏弹性。 The seven-year period is not totally inflexible. 7 年之期并非完全不能通融。 The government has shown an increasingly inflexible attitude to dealing with the problem. 政府对这个问题的处理态度越来越死硬。
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(of people or organizations 人或机构 unwilling to change their opinions, decisions, etc., or the way they do things 固守己见的；死板的；顽固的 He's completely inflexible on the subject. 他在这个问题上寸步不让。 She's a good teacher, but she can be rather inflexible. 她是个好老师，就是有时候太固执。
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin inflexibilis, from in- ‘not’ + flexibilis ‘flexible’.