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

• When the onion plants have hardened off, we can plant them in the garden; they should be ready soon.
  洋葱苗长壮后，我们就可以把它们移植到菜园里；这些苗很快就可以移植。
• 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。
• His heart hardened toward his nephews.
  他对他的侄子们心肠很硬。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had been hardened to all shame.
  他已变得对一切羞耻麻木不仁。
• There are more dim bulbs in the universe than even the most hardened pessimist might have imagined.
  在宇宙里，即使是最坚定的悲观主义者也想像不出还有那么多暗淡无光的球状物。
• He hardened his heart and turned away from her.
  他狠下心不去看她。
• I see. I am speaking in vain to a hardened heart.
  我明白了，对你这个铁石心肠的人讲这些根本是白费口舌。