1. have fixed ideas: someone who has fixed ideas has opinions and attitudes that never change, and often seem unreasonable

例：

These old teachers tend to have very fixed ideas. （这帮老教师一般都很固执己见。）

2. stick in the mud: someone who has old-fashioned attitudes and is unwilling to change or try something new

备注：''stick in the mud''常用于非正式的场合。

例：

Come on, don't be such an old stick in the mud. （哎唷，别这么保守了。）

She accused him of being a stick in the mud. （她说他墨守成规顽固不化。）

3. diehard: someone who still refuses to change their beliefs even when most other people have changed them

例：

a few diehard fans. （一些死忠粉）

Apart from a few union diehards most of the men have accepted the new productivity agreement. （除了工会的一些顽固分子，大部分人都已经接受了新的生产协议。）

4. hidebound: a group of people or an institution that is hidebound has very old-fashioned ideas and attitudes and is unwilling to change them

例：

The hidebound attitudes of Russia's powerful aristocracy made any kind of progress impossible. （俄国掌权的贵族阶级顽固不化，改革根本无法进行。）

5. stubborn: determined not to change your mind, even when people think you are being unreasonable

例：

a stubborn old man. （一个顽固的老头）

I told him it was a bad idea, but Dave's so stubborn that he just never listens. （我跟戴夫说了这样做不好，但是他太固执了，根本不听。）

We need to do something about him, but he's so stubborn I just know he wouldn't listen if we tried to talk to him. （我们得想想拿他怎么办，他非常固执，如果跟他谈，我想他不会听。）

a stubborn streak (=a stubborn part of your character)

I've got a very stubborn streak and I discovered that I couldn't bear people telling me what I could and couldn't eat. （我性格非常倔强，如果有人管我这能吃、那不能吃，我根本没法忍受。）

stubborn as a mule (=very stubborn)

Paul can be as stubborn as a mule. （保罗脾气一上来，倔得像头驴。）

6. obstinate: someone who is obstinate always does what they want and refuses to change their mind, even when this is annoying and unreasonable

例：

How do you deal with an obstinate teenager who always says she isn't hungry? （如果一个十几岁的孩子脾气很倔，总是说自己肚子不饿不吃饭，你会怎么办？）

You know I'm right really. You're just being obstinate. （你心里知道我是对的，你就是脾气太倔了不想承认罢了。）

7. pig-headed: determined to do things the way you want and refusing to change your mind, even when there are good reasons to do so

例：

Never have I met a woman so obstinate, so pig-headed! （我没见过这么固执的女人！）

He really was the most pig-headed man I've ever had the misfortune to meet. （我倒大霉了才会碰上像他这样超级固执的人。）

8. not listen: if you say that someone will not listen, you mean that they refuse to accept other people's helpful advice or opinions

例：

I've told him again and again what I think, but he won't listen. （我已经把我的想法跟他说过很多次了，他就是不听。）

not listen to reason (= accept sensible advice )

Wait until she calms down. She's far too upset at the moment to listen to reason. （等她冷静下来再找她谈吧，她现在很焦躁，听不进去。）

She refused to listen to reason. （她不听别人的建议。）