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

• He hardened his heart and turned away from her.
  他狠下心不去看她。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I see. I am speaking in vain to a hardened heart.
  我明白了，对你这个铁石心肠的人讲这些根本是白费口舌。
• 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。
• Hardened and ground table surface.
  台面和地面硬化。
• 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。
• He hardened early to a life of crime.
  他很早就习惯了犯罪生涯。