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hard-line
ˌhard-ˈline adjective
having extreme political beliefs, and refusing to change them:
    a hard-line Marxist
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hard-lineBrE /ˌhɑːd ˈlaɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhɑːrd ˈlaɪn/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] (of a person ) having very fixed beliefs and being unlikely or unwilling to change them 有坚定信仰的;不妥协的a hard-line conservative坚定的保守党支持者(of ideas 思想) very fixed and unlikely to change 坚定的;坚决的a hard-line attitude坚定的态度 hard·liner BrE /ˌhɑːdˈlaɪnə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhɑːrdˈlaɪnər/ 🔊 nouna Republican hardliner一名共和党的忠实党员