| 词汇 | play-hardball |
| 释义 | play hardballidiom mainly USinformal to do everything that you can to achieve success even if this involves hurting or upsetting other people: The law firm had a reputation for playing hardball. She is not afraid to play hardball when negotiating deals for her clients. Unkind, cruel & unfeeling acerbic acerbically acerbity acidly anti-cruelty cold-heartedly cruel cruelly cruelty cruelty to someone/something meanly meanness mental cruelty merciless mercilessly trenchant trenchantly uncharitable uncharitably unchristian play hardballidiommainly USinformal to be firm and determined in order to get what you want: 采取强硬方式 He's a nice guy, but he can play hardball when he needs to.他是一个和气的人，但在必要时他也会变得很强硬。 Trying and making an effort A game all out assault attempt attempted commitment give something your best shotidiom go after someone go all outidiom go down swinging/fightingidiom go for someone nose shoot for the moonidiom shoot the worksidiom smarten (someone/something) up smarten up your actidiom spare square the circleidiom stretch struggle play hardball | American Dictionaryplay hardballidiom infml to behave in an unpleasant, threatening way so that you get what you want: He’s a nice guy, but he can play hardball when he has to. |
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