unregenerate

• 形容人顽固地拒绝改变自己的习惯或信念，常用于道德或宗教语境，指不知悔改、本性难移。

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone who is stubbornly refusing to change their ways or beliefs, often in a moral or religious context.

1. Stubbornly unwilling to changeC2formal

   Tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield or adapt.

   顽固不化

   • He remained an unregenerate conservative despite the changing times.
   • Her unregenerate attitude made it impossible to negotiate.
   • The unregenerate old man refused to use a smartphone.

   同义词adamantinflexibleintransigentobdurateobstinaterecalcitrantrigidstubbornuncompromisingunyielding

   反义词adaptableamenablecontriteflexiblepenitentreformablerepentantyielding

2. Not morally or spiritually reformedC2formal

   Not having undergone moral or spiritual improvement or conversion.

   不知悔改的

   • The preacher spoke of the unregenerate soul needing salvation.
   • He lived an unregenerate life, full of vice and selfishness.
   • The novel's villain is a thoroughly unregenerate character.

   同义词hardenedimpenitentincorrigibleobdurateunconvertedunreformedunrepentant

   反义词convertedredeemedreformedregeneratesaved

3. Unrepentant and irreformableC2formal

   Showing no regret for past actions and incapable of being reformed.

   不悔改且不可救药

   • The unregenerate criminal showed no remorse in court.
   • She was an unregenerate liar, even when caught red-handed.
   • His unregenerate nature made rehabilitation efforts futile.

   同义词hardenedimpenitentincorrigibleobdurateunreformedunrepentant

   反义词contritepenitentreformableremorsefulrepentant