bare-knuckle

adj.

1. 不带拳击手套的
   without gloves

1. But the riches of an IPO also threaten the uniquely bare-knuckle, scrappy culture the company has struggled to build.
   但首次公开募股（IPO）带来的财富也可能威胁到这家公司努力打造的企业文化，一种独特、直言不讳、生气勃勃的文化。
2. If that requires the use of bare-knuckle tactics, so be it.
   即使这需要使出“不戴拳套”的格斗战术，也在所不惜。
3. The bare-knuckle confrontation with Congress resulting in the agreement in August to lift us borrowing limits left both Mr Obama and the Republicans in the house of Representatives on the canvas, bleeding badly.
   去年8月美国白宫与国会在提高债务上限问题上针锋相对，虽然最后达成协议，但奥巴马和众议院中的共和党人全都大伤元气。
4. They see the whole game as a bare-knuckle contest, they're just playing a hard physical game.
   他们将整场比赛看作为一场不留情面的比赛，他们只是在玩硬的身体对抗。
5. He was a bare-knuckle boxer.
   他是赤手拳击家。
6. All of which, you might think, would mean a hugely competitive market with schools in a bare-knuckle fight to enrol the best students.
   你可能会认为，所有这些都意味着这是一个竞争异常激烈的市场，为招收最优秀学生，各个学校彼此赤膊相见。

adj

1. characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules
   1. a rough-and-tumble fight
   2. rough-and-tumble politics
   3. undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism

   Synonym:    rough-and-tumblebare-knuckled