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tough-minded

/tuhf-mahyn-did/US // ˈtʌfˈmaɪn dɪd //

坚韧不拔,坚韧不拔的,坚韧不拔的人,坚韧的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by a practical, unsentimental attitude or point of view.
    • : strong-willed; vigorous; not easily swayed.

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Examples

  • His flesh is sagging a bit, but he is still trim and looks lean, sinewy and tough.

  • “You ask me my motivation,” Marvin says, moving back into his tough guy persona again.

  • After a bunch of tough talk, this round of the hacker-on-hacker fight nevered materialized.

  • Although tough environmental controls were put in place in 2000, enforcement has been haphazard.

  • The world is changing, and men really could use a movement—just not the misogynistic, conspiracy-minded one they have now.

  • They will reach you by the hands of Mr. Mackenzie, a worldly-minded Scotch merchant, but honest as to earthly things.

  • You may imagine the effect this missive produced upon the proud, high-minded doctor of divinity.

  • But this paper was a very tough, fibrous substance, and would resist quite a heavy blow as well as keep out the cold.

  • He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.

  • "Tough—but most of us have been there, one time or another," Goodell observed sympathetically; and with that the subject rested.