rigid

rigid, strict, rigorous

形容词 rigid:

1. incapable of or resistant to bending
   同义词：stiff
2. incapable of compromise or flexibility
   同义词：strict
3. incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
   同义词：inflexible, unbending
4. fixed and unmoving
   同义词：fixed, set
5. designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

1. Beliefs have ossified into rigid dogma.
   信仰已僵化为不可更动的教条。
2. The caste refers to social system based on rigid distinctions of birth, rank, wealth, etc.
   社会等级是指按照血统，阶级，财富等严格区分的社会制度。
3. It's an exercise which adds a touch of the comic opera to his rigid training routines.
   这一练习给他那刻板的训练程序平添了一份滑稽的色彩。
4. He's very rigid in his ideas.
   他的想法非常固执。
5. She was rigid with fear.
   她害怕得全身僵住了。

rig.id

adj.（形容词）
Not flexible or pliant; stiff.
具刚性的：不可弯曲或不柔顺的；坚硬的
Not moving; fixed.
坚定不移的；固定的
Marked by a lack of flexibility; rigorous and exacting:
呆板的，僵硬的，苛严的：以缺乏柔韧性为特征的；严格苛刻的：
例句：
.We have watered down a rigid training . . . until we now have an educational diet in many of our public high schools that nourishes neither the classes nor the masses.(Agnes Meyer)
.我们已经减轻了这种乏味严格训练的强度，…直到现在我们还在许多既没有使阶级也使大众繁荣的公立高中里受教育.(阿格尼斯·梅尔)

Scrupulously maintained or performed:
固执僵化的，刻板的：僵化地保持或执行的：
例句：
rigid discipline.See Synonyms at stiff
固执僵化的纪律参见 stiff

来源：
Middle English rigide
中古英语 rigide
from Latin rigidus
源自 拉丁语 rigidus
from rigôre [to be stiff] * see reig-
源自 rigôre [僵硬的] *参见 reig-

【引伸】
rig.idly
adv.（副词）
rig.idness
n.（名词）