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

• On graduation he worked in the Nixon administration, setting out his philosophy in a 1973 memo: I take a hard-nosed critical approach.
  毕业后，他为尼克松政府工作，在1973年的备忘录上描述了自己的价值观：我凡事讲求分析和质疑。
• 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。
• One can be hard-nosed about illiteracy but the hard-nosed fact is that the functionally illiterate are going to be part of our society for the rest of their lives.
  人们可以对文盲抱着一种视而不见的顽固态度，但是铁一般的事实是：半辈子带着半文盲帽子的人将成为我们社会的一部分。
• 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 was as hard-nosed an assesment of what humans continue to do to each other as you might have heard from Harry Truman, though the steel-tipped Jack Kennedy was the predecessor invoked.
  对于人类如何继续对待同类的评价，与你可能从哈里•杜鲁门（HarryTruman）口中听到的一样不讲情面，尽管杰克•肯尼迪（JackKennedy）是奥巴马提到的前辈。
• 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。
• Henley supplies the softer management skills and corporate contacts, reading the hard-nosed academics and research capabilities.
  亨利提供更为软性的管理技能和企业关系，里丁则提供讲求实际的学术和研究能力。
• This is the kind of hard-nosed pragmatism that gets results in public health.
  这是一种精明的务实方针，可推动在公共卫生方面见出成效。
• 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。