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.变顽强的；坚韧不拔的；不屈服的；（经过痛苦）磨练的，铁石心肠的，冷酷的
英汉例句
- Left a hard-bitten stone alone.
一个破碎的石子，独自痛哭。 - 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.
发挥创造性不仅要有深厚的知识功底、敏锐的头脑、坚韧不拔的意志，而且还要有高尚的人格、崇高的精神和实事求是的科学态度。 - 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，瑞银的新老板Oswald Grübel，一个倔强的“老兵”被从二月份刚开始的退休生活中召回，制定银行转型的计划。 - 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
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- gritty hard -bitten 坚韧不拔的
- hard -bitten indomitable unbent unbowed 不屈服的
- to be hard -bitten would 要顽强会
短语
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.