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

过去分词：hardened　过去式：hardened　

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.
  1. ...hardened criminals.
     冷酷无情的罪犯
  2. ...hardened politicians.
     麻木不仁的政客

双语例句

• I hardened my heart and gave him a beating.
  我一狠心，打了他一顿。
• Her heart gradually hardened against him.
  她对他逐渐变得麻木不仁了。
• When the onion plants have hardened off, we can plant them in the garden; they should be ready soon.
  洋葱苗长壮后，我们就可以把它们移植到菜园里；这些苗很快就可以移植。
• He hardened early to a life of crime.
  他很早就习惯了犯罪生涯。
• 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。
• She was hardened by the rigours of the Siberian steppes
  西伯利亚大草原的艰苦环境使她变得坚强起来。
• 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。
• Poverty hardened my heart, and my own necessities made me regardless of anything.
  贫困硬化了我自己的困苦使我不顾一切了。
• 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。
• 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。