hardball
英 ['hɑːdbɔːl]
美['hɑrd'bɔl]
- n. 硬式棒球(等于baseball);(为达到某种目的而采取的)强硬手段;刀剑搏杀
实用场景例句
- I want us to play hardball on this issue.
- 我希望我们在这个问题上不手软。
牛津词典
- hardball politics
- 强硬政治
牛津词典
- She is playing hardball in a world dominated by men 20 years her senior.
- 她在一个由比自己大20岁的男人们主宰的世界里作风强硬。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Maybe we should play hardball.
- 也许我们应该玩硬式棒球.
期刊摘选
- Another problem is that banks are playing hardball with smaller companies.
- 另外一个问题是目前银行对小企业态度强硬.
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- It looks like our competitors want to play hardball.
- 看来,我们的竞争对手想采取强硬的手段.
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- So the Mayor wants to play hardball, and we're getting caught in a squeeze play.
- 市长想要采取强硬措施, 使我们陷入进退两难的局面.
期刊摘选
- Dukakis has a history of enduring, even excelling at, hardball campaigns.
- 杜卡基斯一向能承受, 甚至擅长选举硬仗.
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- If you want to win this game, now it's time to hardball.
- 如果你们想赢得这场比赛, 是该奋力一搏的时候了.
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- Ah ye hardball hey? Thats just my game!
- 啊哈,想来硬的哈? 这是我的游戏!
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- Mr. Jones got where he is today because he always played hardball with his political adversaries.
- 琼斯先生有今天的地位,是因为惯用很强硬的手段对付政敌.
期刊摘选
- I don't propose this turn to policy hardball lightly.
- 我丝毫没有建议转到强硬政策上去.
期刊摘选
- They play hardball in the senate.
- 他们在参议院采取强硬态度.
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- And increasingly we feel the need to match the Republican right in stridency and hardball tactics.
- 并且我们渐渐地感到在尖锐和强硬策略上,有必要与共和党的右派较量一下.
期刊摘选
- Things are getting little tough. The president has decided to play hardball on this issue.
- 局势变得紧张起来, 总统决定对此事采取强硬手段进行干预.
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- Do you want to hardball? I'm game.
- 你要玩真的 吗,好,我陪你玩.
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- Our competitors are using tactics that indicate that they want to hardball.
- 我们地竞争对手所用地战术表明他们要动真格了.
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- Banks are building up their capital by playing hardball with their customers.
- 许多银行通过对客户采取强硬措施来增加资本.
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- Sometimes you just cannot compromise and have to play hardball.
- 有些情况下你就不能妥协,而必须采取强硬手段.
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- Just like private equity, distressed debt investors are used to hardball to get their way.
- 与私人股本公司一样, 不良债务投资者也惯于使用强硬手段,随心所欲.
期刊摘选
- Our competitors are using tactics that indicate that they want to play hardball.
- 我们的竞争对手所用的战术表明他们要动真格了.
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- I want us to play hardball on this issue.
- 我希望我们在这个问题上不手软。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- She is playing hardball in a world dominated by men 20 years her senior.
- 她在一个由比自己大20岁的男人们主宰的世界里作风强硬。
柯林斯例句