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。