2007年3月28日 星期三

英英單字圖文記憶(088) - inflexible

英英單字圖文記憶(088)

inflexible  [ɪnˋflɛksəbl]

Something that is inflexible cannot be altered in any way, even if the situation changes. 不可改變的
If you say that someone is inflexible, you are criticizing them because they refuse to change their mind or alter their way of doing things. 頑固的;僵化的

分解前綴in = not表示:"否定"字根flex = bend,表示:彎曲;【後綴ible = able to be,形容詞,表:"能夠"
分析inflexible = 不能夠彎曲的 =不可改變的;引伸為 頑固的;僵化的

For example
His opponents viewed him as stubborn, dogmatic, and inflexible.      
他的反對者們認為他固執、教條、僵化
Workers insisted the new system was too inflexible.
工人們堅持認為新制度太不靈活
Charles was a man of settled habits and inflexible routine.
查理斯是一個恪守習慣、生活規律不容打亂的人。



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