第15課：刻薄的 - 24

【迷你小對話】

A: My boss is a real hard-nosed kind of guy.
B: I know just the type. My boss was like that, too. I never bothered to ask her for anything because I knew she would say no, just out of spite.

A: 我老板真是個頑固不化的家伙。
B: 我了解這號人，我老板也是。我從來不求她任何事，因為我知道，她為了有意刁難就要說不行。

【語言點精講】

hard-nosed: 頑固的；精明的；講究實際的。
out of spite: 出于怨恨；出于惡意。