单词 | hard-charging |
释义 | > as lemmashard-charging hard-charging adj. U.S. (a) Sport (chiefly American Football and Motor Racing) that charges or races forcefully or aggressively; (b) figurative energetic, enterprising, ambitious; go-getting.Cf. hard charger n. at hard adj. and n. Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1912 Kansas City (Missouri) Star 9 Feb. 5 b/1 It was easy enough for a hard charging backfield to gain the yardage. 1934 Syracuse Herald 14 Apr. 1/3 The changes wrought by a hard-charging group of Republican and Democratic independents. 1957 Nevada State Jrnl. 25 May 10/5 The ring-savvy Akins..fended off a hard-charging Beecham for two rounds. 1962 Public Admin. Rev. 22 203/2 C. A. Harrell..has often reminded the hard-charging young manager that ‘I regard myself as the hired hand of the city council’. 1997 Valley Independent (Monessen, Pa.) 15 Aug. b2/6 Button nearly won a feature race..a few weeks ago and is a hard charging driver. 2005 D. M. Abrashoff Get Your Ship Together iii. 76 Roger handed over day-to-day responsibility to a hard-charging young manager who had caught his eye. < as lemmas |
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