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

• 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。
• They've been hardened to the horrors of war.
  他们对战争的恐怖已无动于衷了。
• Attitudes to the strike have hardened on both sides.
  双方对罢工所持的态度更加强硬了。
• 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。
• I hardened my heart and gave him a beating.
  我一狠心，打了他一顿。
• The snow hardened until ice was formed.
  雪变成冰后就会硬。
• Practice had hardened me, and I grew audacious to the last degree.
  习惯使我的心硬化了，我胆大到极点了。
• 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。
• He hardened his heart and turned away from her.
  他狠下心不去看她。
• His heart hardened toward his nephews.
  他对他的侄子们心肠很硬。