商务英语热词--固执的

单词 obdurate

中文释义 固执的（形容词）

英文释义 (adjective) Unreasonably stubborn; not willing to change opinions; hardened against either feeling or logic./ ADJ If you describe someone as obdurate, you think that they are being unreasonable in their refusal to change their decision or opinion. 执拗的; 顽固不化的

EXAMPLE: Regardless of their hard work or loyalty to the company, the obdurate old owner refused to treat his employees kindly or fairly.
尽管员工们努力工作，对公司忠心耿耿，但是老迈而固执的老板却不愿意好心或者公平地对待他们。

Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo.
政府的一些部门可能正在作出改变，但其他部门却要执意维持现状。

短语 the nineteenth hole

中文释义 第十九洞（高尔夫球俱乐部的酒吧间，指赛后喝酒聊天的场所） （成语）

英文释义 (IDIOM) A bar serving alcohol that is located close to the end of an eighteen-hole golf course.

EXAMPLE: When they play golf and lose, my friends go immediately to the nineteenth hole for a beer.
我的朋友们在打输了高尔夫球后，会立即跑到第十九洞点一杯啤酒。