而他们对未婚人群的形容，则是“孤独”、“羞涩”、“不幸”、“惶恐”、“固执”或是“执拗”。

The descriptions of singles, on the other hand, included "lonely, shy, unhappy, insecure, inflexible, and stubborn".

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从前，一个小镇上有个年轻而执拗的男孩，为了挑战他的固执，他的朋友和他打赌说他不敢在半夜时分将一个钉子钉在墓地中央的一棵树上。

Some years back, a brave young boy in a small town was challenged by his friends to fix a nail in a tree situated in the middle of a burial ground at midnight.

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这种行为习惯体现了任务为导向的性格，而非多任务作业的个体性格。此外，这体现出纪律严明、界限分明、执拗固执的行为趋向，得完成了一项任务后才能继续下一项任务。

This behavior conveys a task-oriented personality versus amulti-tasking individual. Also, it conveys a disciplined andborder-line stubborn tendency to complete one task before moving onto another.

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我过去在阿伦敦时就懂得，顽固执拗是够糟糕的了。

Bigotry is bad enough, as I had learned in Allentown.

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此外，这体现出纪律严明、界限分明、执拗固执的行为趋向，得完成了一项任务后才能继续下一项任务。

Also, it conveys a disciplined and border-line stubborn tendency to complete one task before moving onto another.

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此外，这体现出纪律严明、界限分明、执拗固执的行为趋向，得完成了一项任务后才能继续下一项任务。

Also, it conveys a disciplined and border-line stubborn tendency to complete one task before moving onto another.

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