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…的"。
【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。
