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| /ˈhɑːdn/ |
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| 1 | I/T to become hard or firm , or to make something hard or firm （使）坚硬；（使）硬化 |
| This additive hardens the cement in an hour. 这种添加剂会使水泥在一小时后变硬。 |
| The bread will harden if you don’ t cover it. 这种面包如果不盖起来就会变硬。 |
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| 2 | T mainly literary to become less affected or upset by unpleasant things and to show less kindness or sympathy to other people 使变得冷酷无情；使麻木不仁 |
| Years of reporting on wars hardened them to human suffering. 多年来对战争的报道使他们对人类的苦难变得麻木了。 |
| | 2a | I if your expression or voice hardens, you begin to look or sound unfriendly 变得冷漠 | | His eyes hardened when he saw her. 看到她时，他的目光变得很冷漠。 | |
| | 2b | to make yourself stop caring or being affected by things 硬起心肠；不心软 | |
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| 3 | I/T if you harden your attitude or if it hardens, you refuse to change it （使）坚定 |
| Forsyth appeared to have hardened his line on (=his attitude towards) Europe. 看来福赛思更坚定了他在欧洲问题上的态度。 |
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| hardening noun singular/U |
| She has hardening of the arteries. 她得了动脉硬化症。 |
| a hardening of opinion against the treaty 更坚定了反对该协定的主张 |
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