obstinacy

基本解释

The most curious were baffled by her silence and the most tenacious by her obstinacy.
最好奇的人在她那种沉默面前，最顽强的人在她那种固执面前也都毫无办法。
Given that obstinacy, Mr. Blair had two real choices: to leave Iraq and America to a still-worse fate; or to stay in, hoping to repair some of the damage Britain had helped cause.
假设布莱尔先生有那么固执的话，他有两个现实的选择：一是任由伊拉克和美国陷入一种更为糟糕的境地；或是继续驻兵，希望能修复部分英国造成的损害。
When a man and woman interpret the same interchange in such conflicting ways, it's no wonder they can find themselves leveling angry charges of selfishness and obstinacy at each other.
男人和女人用这种冲突的方式沟通同一件事儿，也怪不得他们在这时候常常愤怒的指责对方自私顽固了。

Rudolf Scharping, former party leader and now defence minister, is accused of ambition and obstinacy.
ECONOMIST: Oskar Lafontaine
In the meantime, we get sequestration, permanent campaigns, stagnation, gridlock, and Presidential obstinacy, Congressional obstruction, lost time.
FORBES: The Great Optimism Divide
Twice in recent days the president has publicly criticised Republican obstinacy and called for concessions from both sides.
ECONOMIST: The row over the debt ceiling is going down to the wire