You can picture stubborn as something that has dug its heels in: you push, and it does not move. A child who will not put on their coat, a door that will not open, a stain that will not wash out — the outside force is real, but the thing simply stays where it is.
「推它，它不動」。一個人兩腳釘在地上，你怎麼拉他都不改姿勢；一扇門你使勁推，它就是不開；一塊污漬你搓了半天，它還在那裡。stubborn 描述的不是「有力氣反抗」，而是「不讓步」——外力明明來了，它就是維持原狀。有趣的是這個畫面本身不帶好壞：同一個「不動」，用在別人身上叫固執，用在困難上叫難搞，用在自己的堅持上就成了頑強。
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原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
stubbornadj/ˈstʌbɚn/
- 1
Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
- People are pretty stubborn about their political beliefs, so why bother arguing?
- Blood can make a very stubborn stain on fabrics if not washed properly.
- 2
Physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.
- Under his hand a stubborn latch sprung noisily […]
stubbornnoun/ˈstʌbɚn/
- 1
informalStubbornness.
- But I have to say that one thing you inherited from your mother is a whole lot of stubborn.
- That takes a lot of stubborn for a seventy-something man.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- stubborn disease
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