ADJ-GRADED 顽固守旧的;死板保守的 If you describe someone or something as hidebound, you are criticizing them for having old-fashioned ideas or ways of doing things and being unwilling or unlikely to change. 顽固守旧的;死板保守的 [disapproval]
The men are hidebound and reactionary.
那些人顽固且反动。
The economy was hidebound by public spending and private monopolies. [+ by]