Adamant

(adj.) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; 'he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind'; 'Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him'- W.Churchill; 'an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency' .

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• But when necessity demanded, he could be firm as adamant. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In the matter of gravy he is adamant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• But it looked at me over the head of Red Whisker, and I was adamant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Why, these latter are as hard as adamant, as straight as a line, as smooth as a floor, and as white as snow. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In this cave are twenty lamps continually burning, which, from the reflection of the adamant, cast a strong light into every part. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• The column itself is clearly not of adamant. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• And now, though it seemed slighter and frailer than ever, it had suddenly hardened to adamant, and he might beat his life out against it in vain. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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