adamant是什么意思,adamant怎么用

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adamant

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📰 外刊例句

But they were equally adamant that free trade benefited countries as a whole. 但他们同样也坚定地认为,整体而言,自由贸易能使各国获益。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[adjective] refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind
[形容词] 拒绝被说服或改变主意的


💡 深入解读

从词源上来说, adamant 是一个与熟词 diamond (钻石、金刚石)同源的单词,两者都源自于古希腊语adamas(假想的一种最坚硬的物质)。其中 adamant 于14世纪中期经古法语adamant(钻石、金刚石;磁石)进入英语后,原本用来表示“坚硬的物质”以及钻石、金刚石、刚玉等“硬石”,也就是 diamond 的同义词。不过到了14世纪末后, adamant 开始用作形容词指“坚硬的”,并发展出现在的主要含义表示“坚决的、坚定不移的”,多指拒绝被说服或下定决心不改变主意、意见、决定、立场(stance)等,常意味着意志力如同金刚石那般非凡、坚不可摧,使得诱惑、恳求等无法逾越,

比如:

Mary was adamant that she would not come. But this news implicated her decision.玛丽原本坚决不来。但这一消息间接影响了她的决定。

Decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.名人用例

obdurate: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action inflexible: unwilling to change or compromise inexorable: (of a person) impossible to persuade by request or entreaty(张伯伦)决定不做决定,决心动摇不定,坚定地随波逐流,稳稳地随风摇曳,强大到一无所成。出自英国政治家、历史学家、作家以及第61和63任首相温斯顿·丘吉尔(Winston Churchill)。同近义词


🔍 同近义词

  • obdurate: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action
  • inflexible: unwilling to change or compromise
  • inexorable: (of a person) impossible to persuade by request or entreaty
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