hardball [ˈhɑ:rdbɔ:l]

例句:

• I want us to play hardball on this issue.
  我希望我们在这个问题上不手软。
  
• 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。
  
• Another problem is that banks are playing hardball with smaller companies.
  另外一个问题是目前银行对小企业态度强硬.
  
• He realised that it desperately needed his services and he played hardball.
  来自THETIMES
• At the meeting in Cannes yesterday evening the French and German leaders played hardball.
  来自BBC
• But Hungary's would-be rescuers are playing hardball, and walked out of talks in December over the new central bank law.
  来自BBC