contumacious
- adj. 不聽命令的;反抗法院命令的;頑固的
中文詞源
con-, 強調(diào)。-tum, 腫脹,詞源同tumor. 即內(nèi)心膨脹的,自大的。
英文詞源
- contumacious (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Latin contumaci-, stem of contumax "haughty, insolent, obstinate" (see contumely) + -ous.
雙語例句
- 1. On his refusal to appear in person or by his attorney, he was pronounced contumacious.
- 由于他拒絕親自出庭或派他的律師出庭, 被宣布為抗傳.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 2. There is another efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner.
- 有另一個有效的方法來鎮(zhèn)壓那最為頑固 、 抗命不從的罪人.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)