中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
1.(狗等)嗅觉不灵的。
2.〔美国〕顽固的；丑陋的。
3.精明实际的。
4.坚持的。

guided by practical experience and observation rather than theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics"
同义词：hardheaded, practical, pragmatic,

例句与用法

Citibank seems to enjoy its reputation as a hard-nosed outfit .
纽约花旗银行以精明而讲究实际的金融机构而著称。

He was a conservative, and hard-nosed about many things, but he was a decent man and a strict constitutionalist .
他是个保守主义者，而且对很多事情看法很顽固，但他为人正派，是个严格维护宪法的人。