harden

英 [ˈhɑːdn]

美 [ˈhɑːrdn]

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

过去分词：hardened　现在分词：hardening　过去式：hardened　第三人称单数：hardens　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6995 / COCA.8207

牛津词典

verb

• （使）变硬，硬化
  to become or make sth become firm, stiff or solid
  1. The varnish takes a few hours to harden.
     清漆需要几个小时才能干透。
  2. a method for hardening and preserving wood
     硬化和保存木料的方法
• （使声音、面孔等）更严肃，更严厉
  if your voice, face, etc. hardens , or you harden it, it becomes more serious or severe
  1. Her face hardened into an expression of hatred.
     她的脸沉下来，面带恨意。
  2. He hardened his voice when he saw she wasn't listening.
     看到她没在听他讲话，他声音严厉起来。
• （使）更坚定，更强硬
  if sb's feelings or attitudes harden or sb/sth hardens them, they become more fixed and determined
  1. Public attitudes to the strike have hardened.
     公众对这次罢工所持的态度已强硬起来。
  2. Their suspicions hardened into certainty.
     他们由怀疑变成肯定。
  3. The incident hardened her resolve to leave the company.
     这件事使她更加坚定了离开公司的决心。
• 使变得无情；使不被打动
  to make sb less kind or less affected by extreme situations
  1. Joe sounded different, hardened by the war.
     乔让人觉得变了，让战争变得冷酷无情了。
  2. They were hardened criminals (= they showed no regret for their crimes) .
     他们都是死不悔改的罪犯。
  3. In this job you have to harden your heart to pain and suffering.
     做这项工作面对伤痛和病患时你得保持冷静心情。

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG （使）变硬;（使）硬化
  When somethinghardensor when youhardenit, it becomes stiff or firm.
  1. Mould the mixture into shape while hot, before it hardens...
     在混合物还没有变硬之前，趁热将它塑成形。
  2. Give the cardboard two or three coats of varnish to harden it.
     在纸板上涂两三层清漆使其变硬。
• V-ERG （使）（态度、想法）变得更坚定;（使）变得更强硬
  When an attitude or opinionhardensoris hardened, it becomes harsher, stronger, or fixed.
  1. Their action can only serve to harden the attitude of landowners...
     他们的行动只会让土地拥有者的态度变得更坚定。
  2. The bitter split which has developed within Solidarity is likely to harden further into separation.
     团结工会内部已产生的不愉快分歧可能会进一步演变为分裂。
• VERB （价格、经济）变得更稳定
  When prices and economiesharden, they become much more stable than they were.
  1. Property prices are just beginning to harden again.
     房地产价格刚开始重新趋于稳定。
• V-ERG （使）变得坚强;（使）变得冷酷无情;（使）变得麻木不仁
  When eventshardenpeople or when peopleharden, they become less easily affected emotionally and less sympathetic and gentle than they were before.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. All of a sudden my heart hardened against her.
     突然间我对她硬起了心肠。
• VERB （表情、眼神）变得严肃，变得不快
  If you say that someone's face or eyesharden, you mean that they suddenly look serious or angry.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• cause to accept or become hardened to
  1. He was inured to the cold
  Synonym:inureindurate
• make fit
  1. This trip will season even the hardiest traveller
  Synonym:season
• harden by reheating and cooling in oil
  1. temper steel
  Synonym:temper
• become hard or harder
  1. The wax hardened
  Synonym:indurate
• make hard or harder
  1. The cold hardened the butter
  Synonym:indurate

双语例句

• Mould the mixture into shape while hot, before it hardens
  在混合物还没有变硬之前，趁热将它塑成形。
• Harden by reheating and cooling in oil.
  通过重新加热并在油中冷却来使变硬。
• The varnish takes a few minutes to harden.
  清漆几分钟就变硬了。
• Then pour some liquid gelatin into that mould and let it harden.
  然后倒了一些液体明胶进入该模具，让它变硬。
• Their work is to harden steel.
  他们的工作就是使钢淬火。
• Whilst Marc did gradually harden himself to the poverty, he did not become immune to the sight of death
  尽管马克逐渐对贫困现象无动于衷，但他对于死亡的惨象还是不免动容。
• Property prices are just beginning to harden again.
  房地产价格刚开始重新趋于稳定。
• Because harden steel is difficult to machine. But when anneal, it can be easily machined.
  因为淬火后的钢很难进行加工，但退火后则很容易加工。
• Their action can only serve to harden the attitude of landowners
  他们的行动只会让土地拥有者的态度变得更坚定。
• 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。