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inflexible 音标拼音: [ɪnfl'ɛksəbəl] a. 不屈曲的,不屈挠的,顽固的 不屈曲的,不屈挠的,顽固的 inflexible adj 1: incapable of change; " a man of inflexible purpose" [ ant: { flexible}] 2: not making concessions; " took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; " uncompromising honesty" [ synonym: { uncompromising}, { sturdy}, { inflexible}] [ ant: { compromising}, { conciliatory}, { flexible}] 3: resistant to being bent; " an inflexible iron bar"; " an inflexible knife blade"; [ ant: { flexible}, { flexile}] 4: incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; " a rigid disciplinarian"; " an inflexible law"; " an unbending will to dominate" [ synonym: { inflexible}, { rigid}, { unbending}] Inflexible \ In* flex" i* ble\, a. [ L. inflexiblis: cf. F. inflexible. See { In-} not, and { Flexible}.] 1. Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn. [ 1913 Webster] " Inflexibleas steel." -- Miltom. [ 1913 Webster] A man of upright and inflexible temper . . . can overcome all private fear. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable. [ 1913 Webster] The nature of things is inflexible. -- I. Watts. Syn: -- Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable; pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting. [ 1913 Webster] 160 Moby Thesaurus words for " inflexible": adamant, adamantine, at a standstill, cast- iron, certain, changeless, closed to, constant, determinate, determined, dogged, dour, dyed, established, fated, fateful, firm, fixed, flinty, frozen, fundamentalist, grim, hard, hard and fast, hard- core, hard- line, headstrong, hidebound, immobile, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, impersuadable, impersuasible, impervious, implacable, impliable, inalterable, indefeasible, indomitable, inductile, inelastic, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, inexorable, inextensible, inextensile, inextensional, intractable, intractile, intransigent, invariable, invincible, iron, ironbound, ironclad, ironhanded, irreconcilable, irremovable, irresilient, irresistible, irrevocable, loyal, mulish, muscle- bound, necessary, nonelastic, nonstretchable, obdurate, obstinate, orthodox, pat, pigheaded, procrustean, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, refractory, relentless, resistless, resolute, resolved, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rock- ribbed, rockbound, set, settled, severe, single- minded, sot, standpat, stationary, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stern, stiff, stony, straightlaced, straitlaced, strict, stubborn, sure, sure as death, sure as fate, true, unaccommodating, unadaptable, unaffected, unalterable, unamenable, unavoidable, unbending, unchangeable, unchanging, uncompliant, uncompromising, unconquerable, uncontrollable, undeflectable, unextendible, unextensible, unflappable, unflexible, ungiving, unimpressionable, uninfluenceable, unlimber, unmalleable, unmodifiable, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving, unpersuadable, unpliable, unpliant, unpreventable, unreceptive, unrelenting, unresponsive, unshakable, unshakeable, unshaken, unstoppable, unsuggestible, unsusceptible, unswayable, unswerving, untractable, unvaried, unvarying, unyielding
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