(of a problem or a person )问题或人 very difficult to deal with 很难对付(或处理)的 Unemployment was proving to be an intractable problem. 失业证明是个棘手的问题。 There was no pleasing this intractable man. 这个难对付的男人你是没法让他满意的。
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Latin intractabilis, from in- ‘not’ + tractabilis (from tractare ‘to handle’, frequentative of trahere ‘draw’).