hardball是什么意思？

hardball

英[ˈhɑ:dbɔ:l] 美[ˈhɑrdbɔl]

• n. 硬式棒球；

例句

• If you want to win this game, now it's time to hardball. 如果你们想赢得这场比赛, 是该奋力一搏的时候了.
• Dukakis has a history of enduring, even excelling at, hardball campaigns. 杜卡基斯一向能承受, 甚至擅长选举硬仗.
• It looks like our competitors want to play hardball. 看来,我们的竞争对手想采取强硬的手段.
• She is playing hardball in a world dominated by men 20 years her senior. 她在一个由比自己大20岁的男人们主宰的世界里作风强硬。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• PHRASE
  采取强硬手段;绝不手软
  If someone plays hardball, they will do anything that is necessary to achieve or get what they want, even if this involves being harsh or unfair.
  例句
  She is playing hardball in a world dominated by men 20 years her senior. 她在一个由比自己大20岁的男人们主宰的世界里作风强硬。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a no-nonsense attitude in business or politics;
  "they play hardball in the Senate"
  2. baseball as distinguished from softball