inflexible
adjective /ɪnˈfleksəbl/
/ɪnˈfleksəbl/
- (disapproving) 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
- The 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。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
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- an inflexible attitude/routine/system
- (disapproving) (of people or organizations
人或机构 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。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- He's completely inflexible on the subject.
- (of a material
材料 不能弯曲的；硬的 Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
词源late Middle English: from Latin inflexibilis, from in- ‘not’ + flexibilis ‘flexible’.