[] definite; based on information that can be proved 确实的;确凿的◆Is there any hard evidence that the company is recovering? 有确凿证据显示公司正在复苏吗?◆We think about 90% of the email is internal, but we have no hard figures. 我们认为 90% 的电子邮件是内部邮件,但没有确切的数字。⨁hard evidence / facts / figures / numbers 确凿的证据/事实/资料/数字
[] if the market is hard, or if prices are hard, prices remain high 坚挺的◆We expect the hard market to be sharp and brief. 我们预计坚挺的市场会十分短暂。
➡soft ●drive/strike a hard ˈbargainto argue in an aggressive way to try to force sb to agree on the best possible price or arrangement 狠狠杀价●ˌhard and ˈfast (used especially after no, not, etc. 常用於 no、not 等之後) that cannot be changed in any circumstances 不得更改◆There are no hard and fast rules about this. 这件事没有甚麽硬性的规定。