stubborn
大学受験頑固な・しつこい
意味
- (人が)がん固な,強情な
- (意志・行動などが)断固とした,不屈の
- (物が)取り扱いにくい,
例文
I have never come across such a stubborn person.
私はあんな頑固な人に出会ったりしたことがない。
I don't think that Tom is as stubborn as Mary is.
トムがメアリーほど頑固だとは思わない。
I don't think that Tom is as stubborn as Mary.
トムがメアリーほど頑固だとは思わない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English stiborne, stibourne, stoburn, stoburne, styburne, stiborn, of uncertain origin; one hypothesis is that it may be from Old English *stybbor, from Old English stybb (“a stump, stub”) + -or (adjective-formation suffix, as in bitor, whence English bitter).