| 词汇 | mulish |
| 释义 | mulish adjective uk /ˈmjuː.lɪʃ/ us /ˈmjuː.lɪʃ/ A mulish person is very determined and refuses to change their plans for anyone else.顽固的，犟的 refusing to change your actions or opinions stubbornShe's so stubborn, she'll never admit that she was wrong. be as stubborn as a muleAh, she's as stubborn as a mule. You might as well give her what she wants. mulishHe was generally an easy-going child, but could be mulish when upset. headstrongShe's too headstrong to listen to reason. Strong-willed adamancy adamant adamantine adamantly aggressive grittily gutsily gutsy gutty hard-boiled pertinaciously pigheaded pigheadedly purposeful purposefully ultra-serious unbending unbroken undaunted unmovable Examples of mulishmulish There is no question whatever of mulish obstinacy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a certain class of controversialist, who, if you maintain your ground without moving, would say that it is mulish obstinacy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But they now dig their heels in, and adopt an attitude of mulish obstinacy in a matter in which they are deeply wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have partial selection, which is a rather mulish form of paradox. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We found his attitude as mulish as that of his predecessor—argumentative with no imagination. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There seems to be a mulish attitude among those people who have to do with civil defence in regard to wireless. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In his mulish, stubborn way he simply dismissed it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their opposition derives from a mulish obstinacy which directly harms the electorate; it does not rest on logic or reasoning, and it is not worth listening to. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is an act of crass and mulish stupidity which could open the door to those outside influences which our friends in the region fear most. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That state of mind can perhaps be best described as mulish immobility—the refusal of a considerable number of dons to recognise that the shape of universities has changed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not like compulsion applied to them and if they think compulsion to save is being applied to them, they can adopt a mulish attitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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