harden
US
UK harden vi: (become hard)
SC 变硬 biàn yìng
SC 变坚强 biàn yìng，biàn jiān qiáng
SC 变坚定 biàn yìng，biàn jiān dìng
The lava hardened into rock as it cooled.
harden [sth] vtr: (make hard)
SC 使变硬 shǐ biàn yìng
TC 使變硬
TC 使變硬
SC 使坚强 shǐ biàn yìng，shǐ jiān qiáng
SC 使坚定 shǐ biàn yìng，shǐ jiān dìng
The smith hardened the steel by adding carbon.
铁匠通过加碳来让钢变硬。
harden [sb] vtr: figurative (desensitize)
SC 使无情
TC 使無情
TC 使無情
SC 使冷淡
The sergeant had to work hard to harden the new recruits.
harden [sb] to [sth] vtr: figurative (desensitize to [sth])
SC 使...对...麻木
SC 使...对...感觉迟钝
Working as a paramedic for thirty years didn't harden Josh to witnessing pain and death.
harden vi: figurative (become desensitized)
SC 使...麻木
SC 让...变得麻木
After countless rejections Rick began to harden over the years.
case-harden [sth] vtr: (harden the surface of)
SC 使...表面硬化
case-harden [sb] vtr: figurative, often passive (harden emotionally)
SC 使冷硬无情
case-harden [sb] to [sth] vtr: figurative, often passive (harden emotionally)
SC 使...对...冷酷无情