inveteracy
noun [ U ] formal usually disapproving /ɪnˈvet.ər.ə.si/ /ɪnˈvet̬.ɚ.ə.si/
顽固;坚定;不能改变
the quality of having very strong opinions or feelings that are impossible to change
Their inveteracy and cruelty to their enemies is legendary.
Such inveteracy against our nation's agriculture is unreasonable. 这种对我国农业的根深蒂固的看法是不合理的。
Synonym: implacability
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- We were surprised at her inveteracy against poor Sarah.
- The moral inveteracy of the main character proves to be an ethical and interpretive problem for the novel.
- She soon made the inveteracy of her feelings abundantly clear.
- By the inveteracy of their hostility, they had provoked his resentment.