hard-bitten
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌhɑːdˈbɪt.ən]
- 美式音标 [ˌhɑːrdˈbɪt̬.ən]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.變頑強的;堅靭不拔的;不屈服的;(經過痛苦)磨練的,鉄石心腸的,冷酷的
英汉例句
- Left a hard-bitten stone alone.
一個破碎的石子,獨自痛哭。 - It requires a firm knowledge, a quick brain, a hard - bitten determination, a noble personality and great spirit as well as a very practical attitude.
發揮創造性不僅要有深厚的知識功底、敏銳的頭腦、堅靭不拔的意志,而且還要有高尚的人格、崇高的精神和實事求是的科學態度。 - On November 17th UBS’s newish boss, Oswald Grübel, a hard-bitten veteran who was hauled out of retirement in February, outlined plans to turn the bank around.
十一月十七日,瑞銀的新老板Oswald Grübel,一個倔強的“老兵”被從二月份剛開始的退休生活中召廻,制定銀行轉型的計劃。 - Mr Nesbo was a footballer, stockbroker and rock musician before creating his hard-bitten detective, Harry Hole.
ECONOMIST: Schumpeter - For five days, Barnes talked while Lee, older, hard-bitten, nodded and let the boy play out his theories.
NEWYORKER: The Tree Line, Kansas, 1934 - Private companies, especially in hard-bitten states like Texas, care mostly about their shareholders and about the bottom line.
ECONOMIST: Open the door, carefully, to private companies
雙語例句
權威例句
词组短语
- gritty hard -bitten 堅靭不拔的
- hard -bitten indomitable unbent unbowed 不屈服的
- to be hard -bitten would 要頑強會
短語
英英字典
- If someone is hard-bitten, their character has been made stronger as a result of difficult experiences in the past.
- If you describe someone as hard-bitten, you are critical of them because they do not show much emotion or have much sympathy for other people, usually because they have experienced many unpleasant things.