play hardball
玩硬球：不择手段地去达成目标
常用释义
英式发音
美式发音
基本释义
- 玩硬球：不择手段地去达成目标，尤其是不顾造成的伤害。
- 采取强硬手段：表现得粗暴和无情，尤其在政治或商业领域中。
例句
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1·I want us to play hardball on this issue.我希望我们在这个问题上不手软。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·It looks like our competitors want to play hardball.看来，我们的竞争对手想采取强硬的手段。
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3·Sometimes you just cannot compromise and have to play hardball.有些情况下你就不能妥协，而必须采取强硬手段。
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4·If he want to play hardball with us, we can play that way, too.如果他们对我们来硬的，我们也可以这样。
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5·If he wants to play hardball with us, we can play that way, too.如果他给我们来狠的，我们也可以这样回敬他！
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6·Our competitors are using tactics that indicate that they want to play hardball.我们的主要竞争对手所用的战术表示他们要动真格了。
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7·"You've got to come," said Scott Harrison, a partner with the consulting group, Pacific Strategies and Assessments. "They have to play hardball."“你们应该来，”太平洋战略与评价公司的合作伙伴斯科特·哈里森说，“他们才会动真格的。”
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8·If the Republicans really want to play hardball, they will attach measures to wreck ObamaCare to budget bills, which they will bank on Mr Obama not daring to veto.如果共和党真的要动真格了，他们将附加措施以破坏obama关心的预算法案，他们将指望奥巴马不敢否决。