harden

['hɑ:dn]

v. (使)变硬, (使)坚强

例句与用法：

Hot steel is quenched to harden it.

烧热的钢淬火使它坚硬。

His face hardened at the word.

他听到这话，脸沉了下来。

Life in the camp had hardened him considerably.

军营生活使他变得坚强多了。

词形变化：

动词过去式: hardened | 动词过去分词: hardened | 动词现在分词: hardening | 动词第三人称单数: hardens |

详细释义：

vt.

1. 使变硬; 使变坚固

He hardened his hold on the door.

他把门抓得更紧。

2. 使变得冷酷; 使麻木

Don't harden your heart against him.

别对他硬心肠。

3. 使(身心)坚强起来, 加强

Life in the mountains hardened me.

山里的生活使我坚强起来。

vi.

1. 变硬; 变坚固

Allow the clay to harden.

让粘土变硬。

2. 变冷酷; 变麻木

Dennis is becoming hardened to failure.

丹尼斯对失败变得麻木了。

3. 变坚强

Opposition to the government hardened after the massacre.

大屠杀使得对政府的反抗愈加激烈。

4. (价格, 通货等)变坚挺; 上涨

短语词组：

harden to

1. 对某事变得麻木

Dennis is becoming hardened to failure.

丹尼斯对失败已变得麻木了。