hard-liner
noun[C]
(alsohardliner)uk/ˌhɑːdˈlaɪ.nər/us/ˌhɑːrdˈlaɪ.nɚ/someone,especiallyinpolitics, who is verysevere, forexampleinrefusingtoallowsomething or toreduceorchangetheirdemandsin any way:
强硬派,强硬分子Heneedstopersuadethe hard-liners in thecabinet.他需要说服内阁中的强硬派。
Some hardlinersopposeformaltalks.一些强硬派人士反对举行正式会谈。
See
hard-line
- Communisthard-linerstriedtooverthrowGorbachev.
- Reagan was much more than aconventionalconservativehard-liner.
- The deportations aredrawingcheersfromimmigrationhardliners.
- Thiscompromisewill notpleaseBrexit hardliners.
Not able to be changed
- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spotsidiom
- be no hard and fast rulesidiom
- burnyourboats/bridgesidiom
- congenital
- continuity
- deep-seated
- incurably
- inelastic
- inelasticity
- inflexible
- ingrain
- irreversibly
- irrevocable
- irrevocably
- leopard
- unalterable
- unchangeable
- uncompromising
- uncompromisingly
- unredeemable