obdurate

1. ADJ If you describe someone as obdurate, you think that they are being unreasonable in their refusal to change their decision or opinion. 執(zhí)拗的; 頑固不化的[正式]

Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo. 政府的一些部門(mén)可能正在作出改變，但其他部門(mén)卻要執(zhí)意維持現(xiàn)狀。