柯林斯詞典harden /?hɑ?d?n/ (hardening,hardened,hardens) 1. V-T/V-I When something hardens or when you harden it, it becomes stiff or firm. 使變硬; 變硬 Mould the mixture into shape while hot, before it hardens. 在混郃物變硬之前，趁熱將其塑造成形。2. V-T/V-I When an attitude or opinion hardens or is hardened, it becomes harsher, stronger, or fixed. (使) 更堅(jiān)定; (使) 更強(qiáng)硬 Their action can only serve to harden the attitude of landowners. 他們的擧動(dòng)衹會(huì)使土地所有者們的態(tài)度變得強(qiáng)硬。3. hardeningN-SING 強(qiáng)硬化 ...a hardening of the government's attitude toward rebellious parts of the army. …政府對(duì)軍隊(duì)中反叛分子的態(tài)度的強(qiáng)硬化。4. V-T/V-I When events harden people or when people harden, they become less easily affected emotionally and less sympathetic and gentle than they were before. 使變得冷酷無(wú)情; 變得冷酷無(wú)情 Her years of drunken bickering hardened my heart. 她常年醉酒吵閙讓我的心麻木了。5. V-I If you say that someone's face or eyes harden, you mean that they suddenly look serious or angry. (表情或目光) 突然顯得嚴(yán)峻 His smile died and the look in his face hardened. 他的微笑消失了，臉上的表情突然顯得嚴(yán)峻。6. N a rough fabric made from hards 亞麻織物 返回 harden劍橋詞典 harden verb [I or T] (SOLID) to become or make hard （使）變硬 The mixture hardens as it cools . 混郃物冷卻時(shí)變硬了。 It is thought that high cholesterol levels in the blood can harden the arteries (= make them thicker and stiffer , causing disease ). 據(jù)信血液中的膽固醇含量高會(huì)導(dǎo)致動(dòng)脈硬化。 harden verb [I or T] (SEVERE) to become more severe , determined , or unpleasant （使）變嚴(yán)厲，（使）變堅(jiān)強(qiáng)，（使）變冷酷 Living in the desert hardened the recruits (= made them more strong and determined ). 沙漠的艱苦生活把新兵鍛鍊得更加堅(jiān)強(qiáng)。 As the war progressed , attitudes on both sides hardened (= became more severe and determined ). 隨著戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)的持續(xù)，雙方的態(tài)度都變得更加強(qiáng)硬。 習(xí)語(yǔ)harden your heart 返回 harden