• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 柯林斯词典释义
  • 英英词典释义
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • V-ERG
    (使)变坚硬;(使)变坚韧
    If you toughen something or if it toughens, you make it stronger so that it will not break easily.
    例句
    Do not add salt to beans when cooking as this tends to toughen the skins. 煮豆荚时别加盐,因为这常会使豆壳变硬。 toughened glass. 钢化玻璃
  • VERB
    加强,强化(政策、规章或惩罚);使强硬
    If a person, institution, or law toughens its policies, regulations, or punishments, it makes them firmer or stricter.
    例句
    Talks are under way to toughen trade restrictions... 加强贸易限制的会谈正在进行中。 They have put considerable pressure on the Government to toughen its stance… 他们已对政府施加了相当大的压力,要求其采取强硬立场。
  • VERB
    (经历)使坚强,使顽强
    If an experience toughens you, it makes you stronger and more independent in character.
    例句
    They believe that participating in fights toughens boys and shows them how to be men. 他们认为参与打架会使男孩子变得坚强,教会他们怎样成为男人。 …people who have been toughened by their daily circumstances. 被日常境况磨砺得坚韧顽强的人们
英英词典释义
  • Adjective
    1. physically toughened;
    "the tough bottoms of his feet"
    2. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment;
    "a sword of tempered steel""tempered glass"