Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo.
政府的一些部門可能正在作出改變，但是其他部門卻執意維護現狀。
The president remains obdurate on the question of cutting taxes.
總統在削減稅收這個問題上依然頑固不化。
Not giving way to pressure or persuasion; obdurate.
固執的不屈服于壓力的或不聽從勸告的；固執的。
He remained obdurate, refusing to alter his decision.
他依然固執己見，拒不改變決定。
He remained obdurate in his refusal to sign.
他仍然執拗地不肯簽字。