| 释义 |
hard-nosed  adjective informalRealistic and determined; tough-minded: a hard-nosed businessman...- Far from seeming hard-nosed and realistic, they suddenly appear beside the point, if not immoral.
- The men who were the midwives of the Jewish state were hard-nosed realists.
- The pair are known as pragmatic, hard-nosed businessmen, and they are thought to have little sentimental attachment to the club.
Synonyms tough-minded, unsentimental, down-to-earth, no-nonsense, hard-headed, hard-bitten, pragmatic, clear-thinking, realistic, practical, rational, shrewd, astute, businesslike informal hard-boiled |