intractable
adjective /ɪnˈtræktəbl/
/ɪnˈtræktəbl/
(formal)- (of a problem or a person
问题或人 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。
词源late 15th cent.: from Latin intractabilis, from in- ‘not’ + tractabilis (from tractare ‘to handle’, frequentative of trahere ‘draw’). - Unemployment was proving to be an intractable problem.