“The President showed he can play hardball with the hardnosed hard-liners”….

“总统向人显示:他能与一意孤行的死硬派表现强硬作风，”……

Since then Keanu Reeves his acted in more than twelve films such as The Matrix (1999), Sweet November (2001)and Hardball (2001).

从那时起，基努里维斯拍摄的影片超过十二部，如《黑客帝国》(1999)，《甜蜜的十一月》(2001)和《临时教练》(2001)等。

Dukakis has a history of enduring,even excelling at,hardball campaigns.This one follows a classic pattern:Be positive long enough for voters to get to know you.Then go for the gut.

杜卡基斯一向能承受，甚至擅长选举硬仗。此一选战遵守经典格式:乐观进取，持之以恒，直到成为先民所熟识人物。然后攻击要害。

schools Chancellor Joseph Fernandez,who is preparing to open contract talks later this month with the Union…which represents the custodians,has pledged to play hardball .

正在准备与代表学校校舍管理员的……工会开始谈判合约的教育局局长费尔南德斯，已经誓言将采强硬态度。

||1: Those calls were to organise NATO air strikes on the Bosnian Serb positions round Sarajevo. ||2: NATO was meant to operate as a collective; but in the face of the West’s craven failure to end the Bosnian war, Mr Holbrooke had more or less singlehandedly decided to play hardball with the Serbs. ||3: If they would not make concessions at the table, they would have to be beaten on the ground. ||4: He made dramatic appeals to Washington to give him “bombs for peace”. The pleas succeeded.

||1:那些电话是在组织北约对萨拉热窝周围波斯尼亚人和塞尔维亚人聚点的空袭。||2:北约是整体行动的，但是面对韦斯特懦弱地试图结束波斯尼亚战争的不成功，霍尔布鲁克几乎就是单独决定对塞尔维亚人要强硬。||3:如果在谈判桌上谈不拢，那么就必须给他们点颜色看看。||4:他强烈地请求华盛顿同意他“用炸弹换和平”的方案，他做到了。

Stephen Vaughn, an ex-colleague of Mr Lighthizer, warns that attempts to play hardball “could backfire”.

莱特希泽的前同事斯蒂芬·沃恩警告称采取强硬手段的企图“可能适得其反”。

“Hardball is tough, not sadistic, ” they write.

“我们说的是强硬，不是施虐，”他们写道。

It seems to me that no American policymaker has taken a hardball option with them very seriously.

对我来说，似乎并没有哪位美国决策者会认真严肃地对中国采取强硬路线。

The company is prepared to play hardball with the union.

公司决定跟工会硬碰硬。

After all, it is the negotiating table, not a game of hardball , that will bring progress.

归根结底还是谈判桌而非政治把戏才会带来进步。

In just two weeks, the elation of inauguration day has given way to a classic form of partisan hardball .

仅仅是二个星期的时间，就职典礼当天的喜悦已经完全被传统形势的党派分歧重棒所取代。

Another problem is that banks are playing hardball with smaller companies.

另外一个问题是目前银行对小企业态度强硬。

But gone are the days when US policy hardball could force others to yield.

然而，美国用强硬政策使人屈服的日子已经一去不复返了。

But his unrivalled access was actually the result of a combination of hard work and hardball .

事实上，他无可匹敌的新闻获得能力是勤奋和执著的混合结果。

She can play hardball despite her small figure and gentle manners.

虽然她身材矮小，温文尔雅，但是该强硬的时候，她绝不后退。

I don’t propose this turn to policy hardball lightly.

我并非建议美国轻易地就转向强硬政策的方向。

Fail at hardball , or its more extreme derivations, and you may not even have the consolation of having fought a decent fight.

无法做到强硬或是采取更为极端的衍生策略，即使你体面地作战，却可能连一丝安慰都无法获得。

The next Irish government may look at Iceland and decide to play hardball with Europe.

下一步爱尔兰政府也许会参照冰岛的教训，并决定和欧盟硬碰硬。

Indian politicians play hardball on Chinese toys.

印度政客对中国玩具采取强硬态度。

Just like private equity, distressed debt investors are used to playing hardball to get their way.

与私人股本公司一样，不良债务投资者也惯于使用强硬手段，随心所欲。

play hardball

ph.1. 采取强硬态度