hard-nosed

Joe's father was a hard nosed army officer who had seen service in two wars.

乔的父亲是个倔强的军医,他曾身经两次大战.

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。

Oddly enough, hard-nosed realpolitik could over time promote a better relationship.

奇怪的是，长远而言，务实的现实主义政治可能带来更好的关系。

The OECD's hard-nosed economic concern with skills leads logically to reading for pleasure, which is closely associated with educational success.

经合组织务实地从经济角度考量技能问题，必然得出快乐阅读重要性的结论，而快乐阅读又与教育成功与否紧密关联。

If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money, for an object or service.

如果某个人性格顽固，那他就从不会付出比真正价值更高的钱，或者说他不会为一件东西或是一种服务付出太多的钱。

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。

The new hard-nosed management style is unpopular amongst employees.

新的精明管理风格在这些员工里不受青睐。

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Sherman Skolnick《Sherman Skolnick报告》。

Microsoft became dominant, in part, through hard-nosed pursuit of big business.

微软（Microsoft）之所以获得支配地位，在一定程度上是因为不断坚持拿下大企业客户。

Modern trams are cleaner and more comfortable than most buses, mainly because trams are ordered by visionaries who do not much care about costs while buses are operated by hard-nosed business people.

现代有轨电车比大多数公共汽车干净、舒适，主要原因在于：有轨电车出自那些不太在乎成本的空想家之手，而公共汽车是由不讲情面的商人运营的。

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！

My new boss is hard nosed, but very likable.

我的新老板虽然不感情用事, 但是很讨人喜欢.

We have a real hard-nosed boss.

我们老板真的很固执。

Sounds the same with the Chinese question Is your surname Fu? So, when being asked by a sincere young reporter of CCTV, the hard-nosed worker corrected, No, My last name is Zeng.

所以，当被诚恳的中央电视台的年轻记者问到时，这位注重实际的劳动者赶紧纠正道，不，我姓曾。

But despite his hard-nosed business approach, Mr Arnault also seems to suffer from the ego problems those in his elevated position are prone to.

但尽管阿尔诺的商业作风精明而务实，但他身上似乎也有像他这样身居高位的人易于出现的自负问题。

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。

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。

Mr Bezos is at the hard-nosed end of US entrepreneurship.

贝索斯属于美国创业家中的强硬派。

Audiences are favouring a more hard-nosed, realistic acting style.

观众喜爱更硬派的现实主义表演风格。

We all like John; he plays hard-nosed football.

我们都喜欢约翰, 他踢起球来作风顽强勇猛.

A hard-nosed Geely could offer half as much again.

精明的吉利提出的报价可能还会再打个半价.

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。

The two men had at each other with fists and feet. We all like John; he plays hard-nosed football.

两个人互相拳打脚踢起来。我们都喜欢约翰，他踢起球来作风顽强勇猛。

It was a hard-nosed approach.

这是一个务实的办法。

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。

My uncle was a hard-nosed army officer who had seen service in two wars.

我叔叔是位严格而又倔强的军医,他曾身经两次大战.

The statement accompanying the decision was, at first glance, hard nosed.

乍看起来, 这样的声明和决定是非常死板顽固的.

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。