hardened
英 [ˈhɑːdnd]
美 [ˈhɑːrdnd]
adj. 硬心肠的; 冷漠的; 麻木的
v. (使)变硬,硬化; (使声音、面孔等)更严肃,更严厉; (使)更坚定,更强硬
harden的过去分词和过去式
BNC.11471 / COCA.12140
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 硬心肠的;冷酷无情的;麻木不仁的
If you describe someone ashardened, you mean that they have had so much experience of something bad or unpleasant that they are no longer affected by it in the way that other people would be.- ...hardened criminals.
冷酷无情的罪犯 - ...hardened politicians.
麻木不仁的政客
- ...hardened criminals.
双语例句
- Attitudes to the strike have hardened on both sides.
双方对罢工所持的态度更加强硬了。 - Her years of drunken bickering hardened my heart
她多年来醉酒寻衅的恶习让我变得麻木。 - Life in the mountains hardened me.
山区的生活使我更加坚强。 - In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls.
在其中的一个洞穴里他发现了一个帆布袋子,里面有一堆已经变硬的泥球。 - There are more dim bulbs in the universe than even the most hardened pessimist might have imagined.
在宇宙里,即使是最坚定的悲观主义者也想像不出还有那么多暗淡无光的球状物。 - He hardened his heart and turned away from her.
他狠下心不去看她。 - Her heart gradually hardened against him.
她对他逐渐变得麻木不仁了。 - Only by taking part in practice can the young people be toughened and hardened into steel.
年轻人只有通过实际锻炼才能百炼成钢。 - I hardened my heart and gave him a beating.
我一狠心,打了他一顿。 - To interrogate this hardened criminal, you have to squeeze every word out of him.
审问这个惯犯就跟挤牙膏一样。