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单词 to take a hard line
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to take a hard line
2. A strict or inflexible policy, belief, stance, etc.; (also) an uncompromising adherence to such a policy. Frequently in to take a hard line.
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1870 Echo 13 Dec. 2/3 A limitation as to age prevents him..from offering his services... A hard line makes it impossible for him to be admitted to Deacon's Orders, until he is of the age of three-and-twenty.
1875 Guardian 29 Dec. 1666/1 Some may think the writer took a hard line, and spoke with unnecessary rigour in condemning practices with which he did not sympathise.
1950 N.Y. Times 15 Mar. 3/5 Mr Grew wanted to take a hard line in prosecuting the espionage charges.
1985 N.Y. Times 10 Aug. 25 When you get caught, you'll pay the full penalty. Is this a hard line? Absolutely.
2008 W. Kehl Passion for Leadership v. 79 He made an instinctive decision to take a hard line in order to show that he meant business.
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