Unbending

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unbend

(a.) Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.

(a.) Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.

(a.) Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.

(a.) Devoted to relaxation or amusement.

录入:玛丽埃塔

• From the haughty and unbending nature of the Countess of Windsor, Idris had few tender filial associations with her. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Moore glanced from one to the other without unbending his aspect. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Straight, unbending, phlegmatic as usual, she came on. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Indeed there may be generally observed in him an unbending, unyielding, brass-bound air, as if he were himself the bassoon of the human orchestra. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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