hard-and-fast ['hɑ:dən'fɑ:st]

英汉解释

adj. （船）牢牢搁浅的；必须遵守的；不可违逆的；固定的

同义词

a. strict

参考例句

1. Is there a hard-and-fast line between good and evil?
这是区分美好与邪恶的基准线吗？
2. We need to make, therefore, a hard-and-fast distinction not only between work and play but equally between active play and passive entertainment.
因此，我们需要不仅对工作和娱乐作出严格的区别，而且是同样严格地区分主动的玩乐和被动的消遣。
3. At the press conference to unveil the document Mr Volcker was typically modest, insisting it was more an agenda for discussion than a hard-and-fast blueprint .
在新闻发布会上，V郑重地揭示了这份文件，并坚称这与其说是一份强硬而迅速的蓝图不如说是对讨论的一个议程设定。

英英解释

adj.
  1. (of rules) stringently enforced

网络释义

hard-and-fast
明确的，不可变更的，坚定的; 不可违逆的; 明确易懂; 明确的,不可变更的,坚定的;
a hard-and-fast rule
不可触犯的规则;
hard-and-fast rule
硬性规定;