tough-minded

adj.

1. 坚定理智的；坚强面对现实的
   dealing with problems and situations in a determined way without being influenced by emotions

1. When the phone hacking scandal erupted at one of them, the news of the world, Rupert made one of his famously tough-minded decisions, abruptly closing the 168-year-old paper.
   公司旗下的一家报纸《世界新闻报》（NewsoftheWorld）爆出窃听丑闻时，素以强硬作风著称的老默多克断然决定关闭这家有168年历史的报纸。
2. They live to think of themselves as tough-minded business men, yet they are push-overs for any hard luck story.
   他们向来把自己想成硬心肠的商人，可是任何不幸的故事都会使他们受骗。
3. These early experiences, Yan muses, have informed his tough-minded, realist approach to foreign policy.
   他若有所思地说，这些早年间的经历，决定了他在外交政策研究方法上的冷静思维和现实主义。
4. His book is tough-minded and sometimes pessimistic but there is nothing hysterical about it.
   他的书客观现实，有时显得有些悲观，但决无歇斯底里的内容。
5. Be tough-minded, but tender hearted.
   意志要坚强，但是心地要善良。
6. In the new era, authoresses take their pens to describe the existence situation of females, reflect the historical and tough-minded fate of females and try to constitute a female's realistic world.
   新时期女作家纷纷拿起笔关注女性的生存状态，思索女性历史、实命运，构建女性理想世界。
7. Halsey is courageous, tough-minded and not afraid of risks.
   哈尔西勇敢，坚强，敢于冒险。
8. Tough-minded optimists approach problems with a can-do philosophy and emerge stronger from tragedies.
   意志坚强的乐观主义者在遇到问题时总是抱着一种“能行”的哲理，而且在困难中获得动力。
9. We need to take a tough-minded approach to these problems.
   我们必须采取强硬坚决的措施来处理这些问题。
10. The politics of Sweden's crisis management were similarly tough-minded, though much quieter.
    瑞典的危机管理在政治方面同样棘手，虽然相比之下要安静得多。
11. We need tough-minded soldiers in our army.
    我们军队需要意志坚强的士兵。

adj

1. facing facts or difficulties realistically and with determination

   Synonym:    unsentimental