tough love 严厉的爱(指为起到帮助作用而严厉地对待有问题的人)
- The story is apocryphal, but it captures the tough love expected from central bankers as lenders of last resort.
故事是虚构的,但是真实表达了作为万不得已的央行官员们的强烈喜好。 - What's needed here is some "tough love". People who tolerate her smoking are inadvertently abetting her ill health and early demise.
我们需要一些“粗暴的爱”。容忍她吸烟的人在不经意间成了她健康欠佳和早逝的教唆者。 - Some see his impromptu diplomacy, during a fact-finding trip, as evidence that Mr Karzai can still be managed with "tough love" from America.
有人认为,他在实情调查之行中的即兴外交说明了美国采取的“严厉中的爱”依然可以解决好卡尔扎伊的选举舞弊事件。