hard-nosed

英 [ˌhɑːd ˈnəʊzd]

美 [ˌhɑːrd ˈnoʊzd]

adj.  顽强的; 不屈不挠的; 不讲情面的

牛津词典

adj.

• 顽强的；不屈不挠的；不讲情面的
  not affected by feelings when trying to get what you want
  1. a hard-nosed journalist
     不屈不挠的记者

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 精明务实的;不感情用事的;坚韧的
  You usehard-nosedto describe someone who is tough and realistic, and who takes decisions on practical grounds rather than emotional ones.
  1. If nothing else, Doug is a hard-nosed businessman.
     别的不说，道格起码是个精明务实的商人。

英英释义

adj

• guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory
  1. a hardheaded appraisal of our position
  2. a hard-nosed labor leader
  3. completely practical in his approach to business
  4. not ideology but pragmatic politics
  Synonym:hardheadedpracticalpragmatic

双语例句

• Ifyou need a hard-nosed investigative reporter to show you the depth andmagnitude of governmental activity over many years, I recommend ShermanSkolnick's page: Sherman Skolnick Reports.
  如果您需要一位强硬的好研究的记者，向您展示多年来政府活动的深度和广度，我推荐ShermanSkolnick《ShermanSkolnick报告》。
• It must rest first on an understanding of the political forces which have made independence a tempting prospect for Scots, as well as a hard-nosed assessment of the risks involved for all concerned.
  要有理有据地反对分裂，首先要理解是哪些政治作用力使得独立成为苏格兰人向往的前景，并对涉及所有相关方的风险进行注重实际的评估。
• Nevertheless, the numbers are thought-provoking, even in hard-nosed, cynical New York.
  不过，即使是在以精明和不轻信著称的纽约，网络欺诈数量之多也引人深思。
• For Mr. Tetrick there are many more hard-nosed reasons for creating a better egg substitute.
  对于蒂特里克来说，创造更好的鸡蛋替代品还有众多实际的理由。
• Mr. Wu had a knack for selling hard-nosed business decisions as generosity.
  吴仁宝有能力以一种慷慨的方式来推销他的精明商业决策。
• You're always so hard-nosed!
  你总是太固执！
• No, but he's hard-nosed, a capable distributor and a good enough shooter that teams can't double off him to help on Dwight Howard.
  不会，但是他足够顽强，他是一个合格的组织者和一个足够好的射手，但球队也不能要求他双倍的帮助霍华德。
• Playing on the police show he's on, he does present a hard-nosed, law-and-order-type guy.
  他利用他警务的背景，的确显得原则性强，并循规蹈矩。
• He was a conservative, and hard-nosed about many things, but he was a decent man and a strict Constitutionalist.
  他是个保守主义者，而且对很多事情看法很顽固，但他为人正派，是个严格维护宪法的人。
• Even hard-nosed atheists frequently have what has been called a sense of reverence for nature, a fascination and respect for its depth and beauty and subtlety, that is akin to religious awe.
  连倔强的无神论者对自然也常有某种所谓敬畏感，对自然的深度、美和微妙的一种迷恋和敬意，这与宗教的敬畏相似。