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371. Refractory - Describing People - Refractory / Refract

by 정이로운 잉여생활 2022. 10. 28.
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Refractory : 다루기 힘든, 통제하기 힘든, 논쟁을 좋아하는, (행실이)불량한, (의학)난치의, (열/압력/힘에 의해 물질의 특성이)변하지 않는, 강한, 영향을 받지 않는
Refraction : 굴절, 굴사, 굴절력
Refract : 굴절시키다


1)
to refract, to talk about the bending of light
the refraction of light , the bending of light
the light was refracted
that is a technical effectively scientific verb
refraction effect

 

2)
But, refractory, the adjective
you can use refractory to talk about somebody who is difficult to control
somebody who refused to obey 
At school, all of my masters decribed me as a refractory student
I was difficult to control, I wouldn't just obey unquestioningly, I always wanted to know the reason why
somebody who's refractory, they are unmanageable, they're stubborn 
they are as stubborn as a mule 
they are completely unmanageable 

someone refractory, someone unmanageable, difficult, stubborn, always arguing, contentious
a refractory person, strong, independent, self-minded, unruly, uncontrollable, intractable, willful, recalcitrant, obstinate, headstrong, uncooperative, disobedient

 

3)

A refractory horse that refusee to be dominated
his refractory position made it impossible to manange him
refractory behavior

 

4)
In medicine, resistant to infection, you cuold be refractory
a refractory illness or disease, it's something that doesn't get better with treatment
there were refractory sores on his back, refractory lesions

 

5)
you can also use this word refractory, a refractory brick for example
something that is not affected by
it's not subject to change
refractory bricks are ones that you use inside things that get extremely hot
a refractory material is something that's resistant to decomposition by heat, by pressure, by chemical attack
it remains strong and it remains it holds its shape in at high temperatures
you can heat it or do all sorts of things to it but it just doesn't change

 

 


Formality : 5 for refract and refraction
Formality : 6.5 - 7 for refractory

 

 

 

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