toughen

英 ['t?fn] 美['t?fn]
  • vt. 使…堅(jiān)韌;使…頑固
  • vi. 變堅(jiān)韌;變頑固

暢通詞匯低頻詞

詞態(tài)變化


第三人稱單數(shù):?toughens;過(guò)去式:?toughened;過(guò)去分詞:?toughened;現(xiàn)在分詞:?toughening;

中文詞源


toughen 使堅(jiān)硬,堅(jiān)強(qiáng)

來(lái)自 tough,堅(jiān)硬的,堅(jiān)強(qiáng)的,-en,使。

英文詞源


toughen (v.)
1580s, from tough (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Toughened; toughening.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. My father tried to teach me to toughen up.
我父親試圖教我變得堅(jiān)強(qiáng)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. They have put considerable pressure on the Government to toughen its stance.
他們已對(duì)政府施加了相當(dāng)大的壓力,要求其采取強(qiáng)硬立場(chǎng)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. Talks are under way to toughen trade restrictions.
加強(qiáng)貿(mào)易限制的會(huì)談?wù)谶M(jìn)行中。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. Do not add salt to beans when cooking as this tends to toughen the skins.
煮豆莢時(shí)別加鹽,因?yàn)檫@常會(huì)使豆殼變硬。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. Taking care of pooch was his attempt to toughen me up and teach me responsibility.
他盤算著通過(guò)照看普茨使我堅(jiān)強(qiáng)起來(lái),并教我養(yǎng)成責(zé)任感.

來(lái)自百科語(yǔ)句