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
- 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。 - Her heart gradually hardened against him.
她对他逐渐变得麻木不仁了。 - 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。 - He had utterly been hardened by all shame.
他毫无廉耻之心。 - 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。 - His heart hardened toward his nephews.
他对他的侄子们心肠很硬。 - The oil has hardened to tar
油已经硬化成柏油了。 - 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。 - 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。 - All of a sudden my heart hardened against her.
突然间我对她硬起了心肠。