| 释义 |
harden
KK:[`hɑrdṇ] DJ:[`hɑ:dn]
vt.
1. 使变硬; 使变坚固
He hardened his hold on the door.
他把门抓得更紧。
2. 使变得冷酷; 使麻木
Don't harden your heart against him.
别对他硬心肠。
3. 使(身心)坚强起来, 加强
Life in the mountains hardened me.
山里的生活使我坚强起来。
vi.
1. 变硬; 变坚固
Allow the clay to harden.
让黏土变硬。
2. 变冷酷; 变麻木
Dennis is becoming hardened to failure.
丹尼斯对失败变得麻木了。
3. 变坚强
Opposition to the government hardened after the massacre.
大屠杀使得对政府的反抗愈加激烈。
4. (价格, 通货等)变坚挺; 上涨
动变: hardened; hardened; hardening
同义参见:
petrify
steel
thicken
strengthen
cohere
cake
反义:
vt.使坚固; 使变冷酷
soften |