Stubbornness is also determination. It's simply a matter of shifting from 'won't power' to 'will power.'
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n. 決心;決定,確定;[物]測定,計算;
?? de使成...+termin界限 +ation表名詞 →決定
"Contemporary accounts attest to his courage and determination."
當時的報道證實了他的勇氣和決心。
近義:resolution, resolve, disposition, insistence, persistence, tenacity
反義:hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, irresolution, mutability, unsteadiness
adv. 簡單地,樸素地;(引出概括或解釋)不過,僅僅;簡直;<非正>實在;
?? sim一次 + ply 折疊 →折一次 → ad.簡單地;樸素地
"The clock is simply for ornament; it doesn't work any more."
這架時鐘純屬擺設(shè),它再也不走了。
近義:just, merely, only, purely, solely, but
反義:elaborately, painfully, wearisomely, challengingly, hardly
stubbornness
['st?b?nnis]
n. 倔強,頑強;牛性;牛脾氣;犟勁;
"He has a touch of stubbornness in his composition."
他脾氣有點倔.
近義:inflexibility, intractability, intransigence, mulishness, obduracy, obstinacy
反義:acceptance, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, admittance
n. 事件;(討論、考慮等的)問題;重要性;物質(zhì);
vi. 要緊,重要;化膿;有重大影響;有重要性;
"Now we come to the crux of the matter ."
現(xiàn)在我們來談問題的癥結(jié)。
近義:import, signify, weigh, count, amount, issue
n. [機]動力,功率;力量;政權(quán),權(quán)力;強國,大國;
vt. 運轉(zhuǎn);用發(fā)動機發(fā)動;使…有力量;
vi. 靠動力行進;快速行進;
adj. 權(quán)力的;機械能的,電動的;用電力(或動力)發(fā)動的;
"The engine is being specially adapted to increase its power."
正在對這臺引擎進行改裝以增加它的功率.
近義:move, operate, activate, actuate, energise, energize
反義:incapacity, powerlessness, weariness, impotency, impotentness, impossibility
shifting
['?ifti?]
n. 移位;轉(zhuǎn)移,偏移;狡猾;
v. 改變(shift的現(xiàn)在分詞);
adj. 移動的;多變的;狡詐的;
"It's impossible to prove him wrong because he keeps shifting his ground."
要證明他錯是不可能的,因為他不斷地改變立場.
近義:reciprocation, rotation, switching, alternation, mobile, movable
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"Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it 'the first law of personal growth.'"