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

• 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。
• Poverty hardened my heart, and my own necessities made me regardless of anything.
  贫困硬化了我自己的困苦使我不顾一切了。
• Life in the mountains hardened me.
  山区的生活使我更加坚强。
• He had been hardened to all shame.
  他已变得对一切羞耻麻木不仁。
• He had turned into an embittered, hardened adult
  他已经变成了一个愤世嫉俗、冷酷无情的成年人。
• 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。
• All of a sudden my heart hardened against her.
  突然间我对她硬起了心肠。
• The boy could have felt sorry for himself and become depressed, or he could have adopted hardened cynicism as a defense.
  这个男孩本有可能自怜自哀、抑郁消沉，也有可能采取冷酷的愤世嫉俗态度来保护自己。
• 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。
• Attitudes to the strike have hardened on both sides.
  双方对罢工所持的态度更加强硬了。