N-COUNT [usually plural](政党等团体中的)强硬派,拒不妥协者 The hardliners in a group such as a political party are the people who support a strict, fixed set of ideas that are often extreme, and who refuse to accept any change in them. (政党等团体中的)强硬派,拒不妥协者
Unionist hardliners warned the U.S. President he would not be welcome.