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
1.
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。
2.
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。