intractable
/ɪnˈtræktəbl/adjective
1- hard to control or deal with难控制的, 难压制的; 难处理的, 难对付的, 棘手的:
intractable economic problems
棘手的经济问题
intractable pain.
难以抑制的苦痛。
1.1
- (of a person) difficult; stubborn(人)难相处的; 倔强的。
派生词
intractability
nounintractableness
nounintractably
adverb词源
late 15th cent.: from Latin intractabilis, from in- 'not' + tractabilis (see TRACTABLE).