| 释义 |
no-ˈnonsense, a.
[The phr. no nonsense (nonsense n. 1 c) used as an adj.]
That does not tolerate foolish or extravagant conduct; sensible, business-like, realistic, practical.
1928Sat. Even. Post 12 May 25/1 From a no-nonsense business man he has become a romantic. 1943J. B. Priestley Daylight on Saturday xiii. 92 Her own breezy, no-nonsense line. 1957Observer 27 Oct. 16/3 The tunes are vigorous no-nonsense affairs. 1959W. McGivern Savage Streets (1960) i. 7 A blunt, no-nonsense sort of person. 1963[see go-anywhere adj. s.v. go v. VIII]. 1973J. Wainwright Pride of Pigs 113 Its bare-brick walls were painted white. Its floor was no-nonsense concrete. |