英汉词典

adamant 基本解释

• adj. 固执的，坚强的；坚定不移的；坚硬无比的
• n. 坚硬的东西；坚石

adamant 词态变化

adamant 中文词源

前缀a-, 无，不。词根dam, 同tame,驯服。无法驯服的，坚定的。diamond,钻石，词源同。

adamant 英文词源

adamant

adamant: [14] In Greek, adamas meant ‘unbreakable, invincible’. It was formed from the verb daman ‘subdue, break down’ (which came from the same source as English tame) plus the negative prefix a-. It developed a noun usage as a ‘hard substance’, specifically ‘diamond’ or ‘very hard metal’, and this passed into Latin as adamāns, or, in its stem form, adamant-. Hence Old French adamaunt, and eventually English adamant.
=> diamond, tame

adamant (adj.)

late 14c., "hard, unbreakable," from adamant (n.). Figurative sense of "unshakeable" first recorded 1670s. Related: Adamantly; adamance.

adamant (n.)

mid-14c., from Old French adamant and directly from Latin adamantem (nominative adamas) "adamant, hardest iron, steel," also figuratively, of character, from Greek adamas (genitive adamantos) "unbreakable, inflexible" metaphoric of anything unalterable, also the name of a hypothetical hardest material, perhaps literally "invincible," from a- "not" + daman "to conquer, to tame" (see tame (adj.)), or else a word of foreign origin altered to conform to Greek.

Applied in antiquity to a metal resembling gold (Plato), white sapphire, magnet (by Ovid, perhaps via confusion with Latin adamare "to love passionately"), steel, emery stone, and especially diamond (see diamond). "The name has thus always been of indefinite and fluctuating sense" [Century Dictionary]. The word was in Old English as aðamans "a very hard stone."

adamant 英文释义

1. very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

adamant 双语例句

1. The Americans are adamant that they will not budge on this point.

美国人非常强硬，他们在这一点上是不会妥协的。

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2. The prime minister is adamant that he will not resign.

首相坚决不辞职。

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3. Pearce remained adamant, saying "I didn't touch him"

皮尔斯仍旧坚定不移地说：“我没有碰过他。”

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4. Sue was adamant about that job in Australia.

对澳大利亚的那份工作，休的态度很坚决。

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5. Eva was adamant that she would not come.

伊娃坚决不来。

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adamant 实用场景例句

Eva was adamant that she would not come.

伊娃坚决不来。

牛津词典

His family were adamantly opposed to the marriage.

他的家人坚决反对这门亲事。

牛津词典

The prime minister is adamant that he will not resign...

首相坚决不辞职。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Sue was adamant about that job in Australia.

对澳大利亚的那份工作，休的态度很坚决。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

She sounded adamant over the phone but I may still be able to talk her round.

她在电话里的口气听起来很坚决,但我也许还能说服她.

期刊摘选

The arguments went back and forth, each person sure of, and adamant his or her position.

大家唇枪舌剑、互不相让, 每个人都确信并坚持自己的看法.

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He was adamant that he should go.

他坚持他去.

辞典例句

However, someone else is equally as adamant about the situation.

然而, 别人同样也坚定了自己的局势.

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She was adamant in her decision and didn't take my advice.

她美白的愿望如此强烈,完全听不进我的劝告,还是卖了最白的粉底.

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The custodian was very adamant: eavesdroping such an important conference could not be permitted.

管理员的态度很强硬: 窃听如此重要的会议是不会被允许的.

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On this point I am adamant , ie my decision will not change.

在这一点上我是坚定不移的.

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Japanese farmers give adamant support for import restrictions.

日本农业主对限制进口表示坚决支持.

辞典例句

He was adamant in his determination to punish the corrupt officials.

他下了决心,坚决惩治那些贪官污吏.

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In one, feminists who spoke with other feminists became more adamant in their feminism.

其中之一是与其他志同道合者交谈的女权主义者对她们信仰更加不可动摇.

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Veronica was quite adamant that they should stay on.

维罗妮卡坚信他们必须继续留下去.

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A few hours after announcing his decision, Tardelli was [ i ] adamant on not spilling the beans.

然而在宣布决定几小时之后, 塔尔德利却坚定地不愿透露更多讯息.

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I must be follow Robinson Crusoe's example and make myself a fearless and adamant person.

我必须按照鲁滨逊漂流记的例子,让自己无畏无惧的和坚定的人.

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But the stationmaster was adamant: rules could not be broken.

但是站长很坚定: 不能破坏规定.

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In this Gibraltar of propriety , mediocrity gets intrenched and consolidated and founded in adamant.

平庸笼罩在礼数的厚重外衣下,被人们固守,强化,奉为不可动摇的准则.

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He was adamant in his opposition to their proposal.

他坚决反对他们的提案.

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He was adamant in his refusal.

他拒绝之意极坚定.

辞典例句

Most observers are adamant that there has been no change in the trend growth rate.

多数观察人士坚持认为,美国经济的趋势增长率没有任何变化.

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She became as rigid as adamant.

她变得如顽石般的固执.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The apostle Paul was adamant in his stand against false teaching and wrong living.

使徒保罗对于虚谎的教导和偏差的生活态度,一贯立场坚定,予以反击.

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Ted, Brownie's owner, was steadily harassed 3 by the furious, adamant 4 little dog.

布朗尼的主人特德被这只暴怒的 、 不依不饶的小狗骚扰个不停.

期刊摘选

Eva was adamant that she would not come.

伊娃坚决不来。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Pearce remained adamant, saying "I didn't touch him"

皮尔斯仍旧坚定不移地说：“我没有碰过他。”

柯林斯例句

He was adamant that this setback does not mean he has reverted to type.

他坚持认为这次挫折并不意味着他已经回到原来的样子。

柯林斯例句

He was adamant that the allegations were untrue, so I took him on trust.

他坚持认为那些指控不属实，因此我也完全相信他。

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The Americans are adamant that they will not budge on this point.

美国人非常强硬，他们在这一点上是不会妥协的。

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