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
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.- ...hardened criminals.
冷酷无情的罪犯 - ...hardened politicians.
麻木不仁的政客
- ...hardened criminals.
双语例句
- Hardened and ground table surface.
台面和地面硬化。 - 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。 - 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? - Practice had hardened me, and I grew audacious to the last degree.
习惯使我的心硬化了,我胆大到极点了。 - 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。 - 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。 - He had been hardened to all shame.
他已变得对一切羞耻麻木不仁。 - 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。 - 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。 - They've been hardened to the horrors of war.
他们对战争的恐怖已无动于衷了。