The intractable traffic congestion in the capital prompted engineers to propose a new subway line.
首都棘手的交通拥堵促使工程师们提议修建一条新的地铁线路。
Which choice best defines “intractable”?
A — Hard to control or deal with.. “intractable” means Hard to control or deal with..
Which word means “Hard to control or deal with.”?
C — intractable. “intractable” means Hard to control or deal with..
intractable — Hard to control or deal with.. In Chinese: 难驾驭的；棘手的.
intractable is pronounced //ɪnˈtræktəbl//.
The intractable traffic congestion in the capital prompted engineers to propose a new subway line. (首都棘手的交通拥堵促使工程师们提议修建一条新的地铁线路。)
stubborn, unmanageable, recalcitrant — all close in meaning to intractable (Hard to control or deal with.).
tractable, manageable — each the opposite of intractable (Hard to control or deal with.).
Yes. intractable is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
in(不) + tract(拉) → 拉不动 → 顽固。