hard-headed

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhard-headedˌhard-ˈheaded adjective EMOTIONALpractical and able to make difficult decisions without letting your emotions affect your judgment a hard-headed business tycoonExamples from the Corpushard-headed• But, in the privacy of the polling booth, cooler and more hard-headed calculations came into play.• The consequence was a timid but hard-headed daughter Sethe would die to protect.• To see such hard-headed investigators wrestling with such uncertain data is fascinating.• So why should down-to-earth, hard-headed Lancastrians be convinced by the marketing of this toolkit?• A useful, sensible, hard-headed man.• a hard-headed manager

单词	hard-headed
释义	hard-headed From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhard-headedˌhard-ˈheaded adjective EMOTIONALpractical and able to make difficult decisions without letting your emotions affect your judgment a hard-headed business tycoonExamples from the Corpushard-headed• But, in the privacy of the polling booth, cooler and more hard-headed calculations came into play.• The consequence was a timid but hard-headed daughter Sethe would die to protect.• To see such hard-headed investigators wrestling with such uncertain data is fascinating.• So why should down-to-earth, hard-headed Lancastrians be convinced by the marketing of this toolkit?• A useful, sensible, hard-headed man.• a hard-headed manager
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