obstinar

Donde antes existía una plantación vigorosa, ahora los matojos lo invadían, sofocando las pocas simientes que se obstinaban por nacer.	Where he had a beautiful plantation before, there was only thicket taking over, suffocating the few seeds that were trying to grow.
Con el respaldo de varios académicos y activistas, Sicilia se preguntó por qué los políticos se habían conmovido ante los rostros de las víctimas y se obstinaban en una estrategia equivocada.	Backed by various academics and activists, Sicilia asked rhetorically in his speech why the politicians had been moved by the victims yet remained obstinate in their strategy.
Y si por acaso los agentes del poder central se obstinaban, surgían conflictos agudos, y los comisarios acusaban a los soviets locales de no reconocer al poder central.	In certain cases, when these agents of the central power tried to resist, sharp conflicts arose. The commissars accused the local soviets of refusing to recognise the central government.
Más tarde se decretó que los ricos serían castigados con la pérdida de la mitad de sus bienes y que finalmente, si se obstinaban en desobedecer, se les hiciese esclavos.	Later it was decreed that rich men should be punished with the loss of half of their estates; and finally, that if still obstinate they should be made slaves.
Se obstinaban en amanecer en contra de su voluntad, a pesar de la necesidad de descanso que aún sentía.	They stayed obstinately awake against his will, in spite of the need for rest that he still felt.
A quienes se consideraba que se obstinaban en sostener creencias falsas, los entregaban a una autoridad secular y al fuego.	Those considered obdurate in false belief, were handed over to a secular authority and consigned to the flames.
Los oportunistas de derecha de entonces dentro del Partido, acaudillados por Chen Tu-siu, se negaban a aceptar las opiniones del camarada Mao Tse-tung y se obstinaban en sus ideas incorrectas.	The Right opportunists in the Party, headed by Chen Tu-hsiu, would not accept his views and stuck to their own wrong ideas.