hard-nosed [ˈhɑrdˈnozd]

例句:

• To get beat by your arch rivals is hard.
  来自BBC
• Then, the hard part begins - landing safely.
  来自BBC
• If nothing else, Doug is a hard-nosed businessman.
  别的不说，道格起码是个精明务实的商人。
  
• We all like John; he plays hard - nosed football.
  我们都喜欢约翰, 他踢起球来作风顽强勇猛.
  
• My uncle was a hard - nosed army officer who had seen service in two wars.
  我叔叔是位严格而又倔强的军医,他曾身经两次大战.
  
• Sir Terry admits that he had to be hard-nosed.
  来自THETIMES