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headstrong

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++head·strong /ˈhedstrɒŋ $ -strɒːŋ/ adjective  STUBBORNvery determined to do what you want, even when other people advise you not to do it 倔强的,固执的see thesaurus at determined
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headstrongEleanor, on the other hand, was said to be beautiful and lively; she was certainly headstrong and indiscreet.Suzie was headstrong, and sometimes thoughtless of other people's feelings.He was energetic, headstrong, and unorthodox-and he had compelling reasons for reducing the ruinously expensive Soviet nuclear arsenal.a headstrong childBut it all seemed very appropriate and didn't seem like a headstrong, desperate manoeuvre in any sense.How did one stop a person like Harriet, headstrong, independent, beholden to no one?Leo's parents soon found that they were completely unable to control their headstrong son.He is surprised at how headstrong, spoiled rotten, and needful of training and discipline I have become during his absence.
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headstrong
headstrong /ˈhedstrɒŋ $ -strɒːŋ/ adjective
very determined to do what you want, even when other people advise you not to do it


head·strongBrE /ˈhedstrɒŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhedstrɔːŋ/ 🔊 adjective (disapproving) a headstrong person is determined to do things their own way and refuses to listen to advice 固执的;倔强任性的