harden
- v.变硬;(使)硬化;更强硬;(使)更坚定;更严厉;使变得无情;(使声音、面孔等)更严肃
- n.哈登
派生词： hardening n. 过去式： hardened 现在分词： hardening 过去分词： hardened 第三人称单数： hardens
hard adj.坚实的 + -en 动词后缀
hardenverb
（使）变硬，硬化
to become or make sth become firm, stiff or solid
The varnish takes a few hours to harden.
清漆需要几个小时才能干透。
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
Her face hardened into an expression of hatred.
她的脸沉下来，面带恨意。
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
Public attitudes to the strike have hardened.
公众对这次罢工所持的态度已强硬起来。
Their suspicions hardened into certainty.
他们由怀疑变成肯定。
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
Joe sounded different, hardened by the war.
乔让人觉得变了，让战争变得冷酷无情了。
They were hardened criminals (= they showed no regret for their crimes) .
他们都是死不悔改的罪犯。
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。
hardening of the arteries
动脉硬化
a hardening of attitudes towards one-parent families
对单亲家庭态度的冷漠化
harden
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V-ERG （使）变硬;（使）硬化
When something hardens or when you harden it, it becomes stiff or firm.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。
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V-ERG （使）（态度、想法）变得更坚定;（使）变得更强硬
When an attitude or opinion hardens or is hardened, it becomes harsher, stronger, or fixed.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。
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...a hardening of the government's attitude towards rebellious parts of the army.
政府对待部队中反叛分子的态度更强硬
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VERB （价格、经济）变得更稳定
When prices and economies harden, they become much more stable than they were.Property prices are just beginning to harden again.
房地产价格刚开始重新趋于稳定。
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V-ERG （使）变得坚强;（使）变得冷酷无情;（使）变得麻木不仁
When events harden people or when people harden, they become less easily affected emotionally and less sympathetic and gentle than they were before.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。
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VERB （表情、眼神）变得严肃，变得不快
If you say that someone's face or eyes harden, you mean that they suddenly look serious or angry.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。
verb
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- cause to accept or become hardened to;habituate
- He was inured to the cold
- Synonym: inure indurate
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- make fit
- This trip will season even the hardiest traveller
- Synonym: season
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- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- temper steel
- Synonym: temper
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- become hard or harder
- The wax hardened
- Synonym: indurate
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- make hard or harder
- The cold hardened the butter
- Synonym: indurate
数据来源：WordNet
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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。
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The varnish takes a few minutes to harden .
清漆几分钟就变硬了。
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Society does not know how to deal with hardened criminals .
社会不知道怎样处置惯犯。
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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。
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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。
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Joe sounded different , hardened by the war .
乔让人觉得变了，让战争变得冷酷无情了。
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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。
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Public attitudes to the strike have hardened .
公众对这次罢工所持的态度已强硬起来。
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The varnish takes a few hours to harden .
清漆需要几个小时才能干透。
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Sand was deposited which hardened into sandstone .
沙经沉积固结形成沙岩。
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They were hardened criminals .
他们都是死不悔改的罪犯。
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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。
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Property prices are just beginning to harden again .
房地产价格刚开始重新趋于稳定。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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The oil has hardened to tar
油已经硬化成柏油了。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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Test to see if the finish is tacky , and if it is , leave it to harden .
看看最后一道漆干了没有，要是没干，就先让它干透。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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A fallen tree has left a clear impression in the hardening mud .
一棵倒下的树在坚硬的泥地上留下了清晰的压痕。
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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。
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He hardened early to a life of crime .
他很早就习惯了犯罪生涯。
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He hardened his heart and turned away from her .
他狠下心不去看她。
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Do you think that John is becoming hardened to failing his driving test ?
你是不是认为约翰对驾照考试的失败已麻木了？
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Harden one 's revolutionary will into steel .
把革命意志锻炼得钢铁般坚强。