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

• They've been hardened to the horrors of war.
  他们对战争的恐怖已无动于衷了。
• 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。
• Attitudes to the strike have hardened on both sides.
  双方对罢工所持的态度更加强硬了。
• I hardened my heart and gave him a beating.
  我一狠心，打了他一顿。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In one of the caves he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls.
  在其中的一个洞穴里他发现了一个帆布袋子，里面有一堆已经变硬的泥球。