这个倔强的囚犯拒绝服从狱警的命令,被关进了禁闭室。

The contumacious prisoner refused to obey the guards' orders and was put in solitary confinement.

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The contumacious prisoner refused to obey the guards' orders and was put in solitary confinement.

contumacious 是形容词,由拉丁词根 contumax(倔强的、顽固的)加上形容词后缀 -acious(表示"具有...性质的")构成,意思是"顽固不服从的、倔强的",常用于形容公然违抗权威的行为。

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