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
- All of a sudden my heart hardened against her.
突然间我对她硬起了心肠。 - He was certain Sid would be eaten alive by the hardened criminals in the jail.
他确信锡德在监狱中肯定会被那些怙恶不悛的罪犯们扒掉一层皮。 - The boy could have felt sorry for himself and become depressed, or he could have adopted hardened cynicism as a defense.
这个男孩本有可能自怜自哀、抑郁消沉,也有可能采取冷酷的愤世嫉俗态度来保护自己。 - 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。 - 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。 - His smile died and the look in his face hardened.
他的笑容消失了,脸上的表情严肃了起来。 - Hardened and ground table surface.
台面和地面硬化。 - He had turned into an embittered, hardened adult
他已经变成了一个愤世嫉俗、冷酷无情的成年人。 - He hardened his heart and turned away from her.
他狠下心不去看她。