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Modern trams are cleaner and more comfortable than most buses , mainly because trams are ordered by visionaries who do not much care about costs while buses are operated by hard-nosed business people .

现代有轨电车比大多数公共汽车干净、舒适，主要原因在于：有轨电车出自那些不太在乎成本的空想家之手，而公共汽车是由不讲情面的商人运营的。

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。

This is the kind of hard-nosed pragmatism that gets results in public health .

这是一种精明的务实方针，可推动在公共卫生方面见出成效。

The new hard-nosed management style is unpopular amongst employees .

新的精明管理风格在这些员工里不受青睐。

Microsoft became dominant , in part , through hard-nosed pursuit of big business .

微软（Microsoft）之所以获得支配地位，在一定程度上是因为不断坚持拿下大企业客户。

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。

Oddly enough , hard-nosed realpolitik could over time promote a better relationship .

奇怪的是，长远而言，务实的现实主义政治可能带来更好的关系。

A hard-nosed Geely could offer half as much again .

聪明的吉利提出的报价可能还会再打个半价。

Mr Bezos is at the hard-nosed end of US entrepreneurship .

贝索斯属于美国创业家中的强硬派。

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。

Audiences are favouring a more hard-nosed , realistic acting style .

观众喜爱更硬派的现实主义表演风格。

Nevertheless , the numbers are thought-provoking , even in hard-nosed , cynical New York .

不过，即使是在以精明和不轻信著称的纽约，网络欺诈数量之多也引人深思。

Mr. Wu had a knack for selling hard-nosed business decisions as generosity .

吴仁宝有能力以一种慷慨的方式来推销他的精明商业决策。

For Mr. Tetrick there are many more hard-nosed reasons for creating a better egg substitute .

对于蒂特里克来说，创造更好的鸡蛋替代品还有众多实际的理由。

We have a real hard-nosed boss .

我们老板真的很固执。

Henley supplies the softer management skills and corporate contacts , reading the hard-nosed academics and research capabilities .

亨利提供更为软性的管理技能和企业关系，里丁则提供讲求实际的学术和研究能力。

The two men had at each other with fists and feet . We all like John ; he plays hard-nosed football .

两个人互相拳打脚踢起来。我们都喜欢约翰，他踢起球来作风顽强勇猛。

You 're always so hard-nosed !

你总是太固执！

It was a hard-nosed approach .

这是一个务实的办法。

Playing on the police show he 's on , he does present a hard-nosed , law-and-order-type guy .

他利用他警务的背景，的确显得原则性强，并循规蹈矩。

The OECD 's hard-nosed economic concern with skills leads logically to reading for pleasure , which is closely associated with educational success .

经合组织务实地从经济角度考量技能问题，必然得出快乐阅读重要性的结论，而快乐阅读又与教育成功与否紧密关联。

If someone is hard-nosed , chances are he will never pay through the nose , or pay too much money , for an object or service .

如果某个人性格顽固，那他就从不会付出比真正价值更高的钱，或者说他不会为一件东西或是一种服务付出太多的钱。

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。

But despite his hard-nosed business approach , Mr Arnault also seems to suffer from the ego problems those in his elevated position are prone to .

但尽管阿尔诺的商业作风精明而务实，但他身上似乎也有像他这样身居高位的人易于出现的自负问题。

On graduation he worked in the Nixon administration , setting out his philosophy in a 1973 memo : I take a hard-nosed critical approach .

毕业后，他为尼克松政府工作，在1973年的备忘录上描述了自己的价值观：我凡事讲求分析和质疑。

No , but he 's hard-nosed , a capable distributor and a good enough shooter that teams can 't double off him to help on Dwight Howard .

不会，但是他足够顽强，他是一个合格的组织者和一个足够好的射手，但球队也不能要求他双倍的帮助霍华德。

Ministers are not worried , pointing to scores of Labour MPs who have developed hard-nosed attitudes to welfare after seeing dependency fester in their constituencies .

部长们对此并不担心。过去有记录显示，工党下议院议员在发现他们选区里的依赖文化日益恶化后，对福利已培养出一种强硬态度。

One can be hard-nosed about illiteracy but the hard-nosed fact is that the functionally illiterate are going to be part of our society for the rest of their lives .

人们可以对文盲抱着一种视而不见的顽固态度，但是铁一般的事实是：半辈子带着半文盲帽子的人将成为我们社会的一部分。

It must rest first on an understanding of the political forces which have made independence a tempting prospect for Scots , as well as a hard-nosed assessment of the risks involved for all concerned .

要有理有据地反对分裂，首先要理解是哪些政治作用力使得独立成为苏格兰人向往的前景，并对涉及所有相关方的风险进行注重实际的评估。

Ifyou need a hard-nosed investigative reporter to show you the depth andmagnitude of governmental activity over many years , I recommend ShermanSkolnick 's page : Sherman Skolnick Reports .

如果您需要一位强硬的好研究的记者，向您展示多年来政府活动的深度和广度，我推荐ShermanSkolnick《ShermanSkolnick报告》。