The president has adopted a hardline stance against abortion.是什么意思？

The president has adopted a hardline stance against abortion.

总统在堕胎问题上持强硬的反对态度.

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

president

n. 校长，总统，总裁，董事长；

例句
The President described the killings as an abominable crime...
总统称这些血案为令人发指的罪行。

has

v. 有( have的第三人称单数 )，（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
...the operation a patient has had.
病人做过的手术

adopted

adj. 被收养的，被采用的；v. 采用( adopt的过去式和过去分词 )，收养，正式接受，吸收（外来词语）；

例句
Parliament adopted a resolution calling for the complete withdrawal of troops...
议会采纳了要求全部撤军的决议。

hardline

n. 强硬路线；adj. 强硬的，不妥协的；

例句
East Germany's last hardline Communist leader...
东德最后一位强硬派共产党领袖

stance

n. 态度，立场，站姿，被放置的姿势，位置，（运动员的）始发姿势；

例句
Their stance seems to be that a baby or child is better off in its country of birth.
他们似乎认为婴儿或者小孩还是呆在自己出生的国家为好。

against

prep. 反对，对…不利，紧靠，以防；

例句
His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate.
就在有意无意间，他的手轻轻拂过她的手。

abortion

n. 流产，流产的胎儿，畸形，夭折；

例句
There are many people who still find the act of abortion abhorrent.
仍有很多人对堕胎行为表示厌恶。