hard-nosed

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Guided by practical experience and observation rather than by theory.
  2. Hardheaded, stubborn. idiomatic
  3. Tough and relentlessly practical and thus not given to sentiment.

词源

hard + nosed; originally referred to hard-tipped bullets.
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