意味(日本語)

頑固な、強情な、決意をまげない

語源

• dur- : L.durare = to last(長続きする)

意味(英語)

• (adjective) Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent: "obdurate conscience of the old sinner” ( Sir Walter Scott).
• (adjective) Hardened against feeling; hardhearted: an obdurate miser.
• (adjective) Not giving in to persuasion; intractable. See Synonyms at inflexible.

例文

• Geithner plainly has no patience for what he describes as the obdurate unwillingness of colleagues to subordinate their desire for superficial impact to the larger vision.