"play hardball" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 強硬手段

Definition

在談判或競爭中採取強硬或堅定的態度以達到自己的目標，尤其用於商業或談判中。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於口語用法，多見於商業或政治語境，強調採取強硬、堅定甚至不妥協的態度。常用於無法再溫和處理時。

Examples

Sometimes you have to play hardball to win a contract.

有時你必須**採取強硬手段**才能拿到合約。

If they raise their prices, we may need to play hardball.

如果他們漲價，我們可能需要**採取強硬手段**。

He is ready to play hardball during these talks.

他準備在這些談判中**採取強硬手段**。

Our competitors started to play hardball, so we had to respond.

我們的競爭對手開始**採取強硬手段**，所以我們只好應對。

You can't always be nice—sometimes you need to play hardball to get respect.

你不能總是客氣——有時得**採取強硬手段**才能得到尊重。

They thought we would back down, but we decided to play hardball this time.

他們以為我們會讓步，但這次我們決定**採取強硬手段**。