intractable

Compared meaning: difficult to deal with, control, or solve (adjective).

比较义项：难对付的、难以控制或解决的（adj.）。

• stubborn

  Describes a person or animal who refuses to change their mind, opinion or behavior; informal, everyday word, often mildly critical or affectionate in tone.

  指固执己见、不肯改变想法或行为的人或动物；口语化、日常用词，语气常带一点批评或亲昵。

  My little brother is too stubborn to admit when he is wrong.

  我弟弟太固执了，从不肯承认自己错了。

• intractable 本词

  A formal word mainly for abstract problems, situations or disputes that resist solution or control; rarely used to describe a person's personality directly.

  较正式的用词，主要形容难以解决或控制的抽象问题、局面或争端；很少直接用来形容人的性格。

  The negotiators faced an intractable problem that no one could solve.

  谈判代表们面对一个谁也无法解决的棘手问题。

Stubborn and intractable both mean difficult to deal with, but they differ. Stubborn describes a person or animal who refuses to change their mind; it is informal, mildly critical or affectionate. Intractable is formal, for problems or disputes that resist solution, rarely describing a person.

这两个词在这个意义上都表示“难对付”，但 stubborn 多用于形容固执己见、不肯改变想法或行为的人或动物，语气口语化，有时带点无奈或亲昵；intractable 是较正式的书面用词，多用于形容难以解决或控制的问题、局面或争端，很少用来形容人的性格。