play hardball

基本解釋

It looks like our competitors want to play hardball.
看來，我們的競爭對手想採取強(qiáng)硬的手段。
"The new government will find that the Troika plans to play hardball, " says Tom Elliott, International Investment Strategist at deVere Group.
英國金融諮詢公司德維爾集團(tuán)國際投資戰(zhàn)略家湯姆?埃利奧特表示：“希臘新政府將發(fā)現(xiàn)，三巨頭計劃採取強(qiáng)硬態(tài)度?！?/li>
權(quán)威例句
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