果味酸柯林斯词典

hard-bitten

H 开头单词

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

同根派生

     

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • 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。

    • 權威例句

  • 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

词组短语

    短語

  • 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

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • If someone is hard-bitten, their character has been made stronger as a result of difficult experiences in the past.

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.