Parts of the administration may be changing but others have been obdurate defenders of the status quo.
政府的一些部门可能正在作出改变，但是其他部门却执意维护现状。
The president remains obdurate on the question of cutting taxes.
总统在削减税收这个问题上依然顽固不化。
Not giving way to pressure or persuasion; obdurate.
固执的.不屈服于压力的或不听从劝告的；固执的。
He remained obdurate, refusing to alter his decision.
他依然固执己见，拒不改变决定。
He remained obdurate in his refusal to sign.
他仍然执拗地不肯签字。