hard-bitten

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.变顽强的；坚韧不拔的；不屈服的；（经过痛苦）磨练的，铁石心肠的，冷酷的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Left a hard-bitten stone alone.
  一个破碎的石子，独自痛哭。
• 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.
  发挥创造性不仅要有深厚的知识功底、敏锐的头脑、坚韧不拔的意志，而且还要有高尚的人格、崇高的精神和实事求是的科学态度。
• 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，瑞银的新老板Oswald Grübel，一个倔强的“老兵”被从二月份刚开始的退休生活中召回，制定银行转型的计划。

权威例句

• 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

短语

• gritty hard -bitten 坚韧不拔的
• hard -bitten indomitable unbent unbowed 不屈服的
• to be hard -bitten would 要顽强会

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• 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.