听声词典

contumacious

C 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs]
  • 美式音标 [ˌkɑntuˈmeɪʃəs]
  • 国际音标 [,kɔntju:'meiʃəs]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj.不听命令的；顽固的；拒不服从的

词根记忆

  • con + tum(肿胀；骄傲) + acious(…的)→坚持自己的骄傲，不受欺压→违抗的，不服从的

同根派生

  • n性质的同根词
    contumacy：拒不服从，抗命；藐视法庭。

英汉例句

  • On his refusal to appear in person or by his attorney, he was pronounced contumacious.
    由于他拒绝亲自出庭或派他的律师出庭， 被宣布为抗传。
  • There is another efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner.
    有另一个有效的方法来镇压那最为顽固、抗命不从的罪人。
  • On his refusal to appear in person or by his attorney,he was pronounced contumacious.
    由于他拒绝亲自出庭或派他的律师出庭，被宣布为抗传。
  • WORD OF THE DAY: contumacious: stubbornly disobedient. Some parents wonder why their children are so contumacious.
    不听命令的;(尤指对法庭命令)抗拒的有些父母无法理解他们的孩子，为何如此不听父母的命令。
  • Hard labor for life had been the sentence pronounced against the escaped and contumacious accomplices.
    在逃没有到案的同谋则被判处终身苦役。

词组短语

    短语

  • contumacious headstrong 不听命令的
  • contumacious obedient 不服从的
  • contumacious a 违抗的

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • refusing to obey or respect the law in a way that shows contempt

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • stubbornly resistant to authority wilfully obstinate

专业释义

    语言学

  • 反抗法院命令的