• adj. 不聽命令的；反抗法院命令的；頑固的

con-, 強調。-tum, 腫脹，詞源同tumor. 即內心膨脹的，自大的。

contumacious (adj.)

c. 1600, from Latin contumaci-, stem of contumax "haughty, insolent, obstinate" (see contumely) + -ous.

1. On his refusal to appear in person or by his attorney, he was pronounced contumacious.

由于他拒絕親自出庭或派他的律師出庭, 被宣布為抗傳.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. There is another efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner.

有另一個有效的方法來鎮壓那最為頑固 、 抗命不從的罪人.

來自互聯網