hard-bitten

Keep calm at least When you had fallen to the bottom of your life, every people around you would tell you: Be hard-bitten and be happy!

在你跌入人生谷底的时候，你身旁所有的人都告诉你：要坚强，而且要快乐。

An opera orchestra with matching symphonic credentials, the Met band outshines its hard-bitten New York stablemate, the Philharmonic.

这个歌剧管弦乐团拥有与之相匹配的交响乐资历，该品牌令其备受打击的同胞兄弟纽约交响乐团（Philharmonic）相形见绌。

I did. She was a hard-bitten journalist who was suspicious of all forms of authority.

我认识一个。她是名倔强的记者，质疑任何形式的权威。

In neighbouring Estonia (also hard bitten by history) support is well over 90%, says Luukas Ilves, a defence ministry official.

与之毗邻的爱沙尼亚（历史上也曾）支持率竟超过了90%，他们的国防部官员卢卡斯•伊尔维斯如是说。

And when I see a hard-bitten lawyer happily planning an outing for blind children;

当我看到一个很难搞的律师开心为盲童计划郊游的时候；