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词汇 hard-headed
释义 hard-headed
adjective
uk /ˌhɑːdˈhed.ɪd/ us /ˌhɑːrdˈhed.ɪd/
not influenced by emotions: 不感情用事的,理智的
a hard-headed approach to problems解决问题的理智方法
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Wise and sensible
be a victory for common senseidiom
cannily
canny
clear-headed
clear-headedly
judiciously
level-headed
long-sightedness
method
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responsibility
responsible
responsibly
right-minded
sagacious
victory
well advised
wily
wisdom
wise

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hard-headed
Perhaps there were aesthetic considerations, but the chief motives were more hard-headed.
This is a hard-headed book with a small glimmer of golden heart somewhere at its core.
Surely 'serious discussion' of these characters demands something more than simplistic reasoning and the hard-headed refusal to engage other scholars.
There was no single turning point; he kept considering evidence and weighing options, and finally arrived at a decision, which represented the culmination of a long and hard-headed struggle.
We need hard-headed research to even be able to accurately describe the character of the contemporary patterns of organised variability and the consequences thereof for human life course fulfilment.
But the one essential thing is that they must all be hard-headed businessmen, ready to do business.
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It will need to work hard to convince hard-headed businessmen of that.
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It is no good following the advice of the hard-headed businessman who says: give the customer what he wants, ask the marketing director.
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That trend has been identified not by selfless, charitable manufacturers but by hard-headed and sensible ones.
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The insurance company, being a commercial concern, very rightly cannot be blamed for taking what might be regarded as a hard-headed view of the matter.
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There will be long, hard-headed negotiations and many all-night sittings.
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People do this presumably on the perfectly hard-headed grounds that they save money in that way.
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We are in a position to make a hard-headed assessment of what more we should do.
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However, we must be hard-headed about the way in which we act to pursue that goal.
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That having been said, the agreement implies on our part an act of hard-headed faith.
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