hardened
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UK hardened adj: figurative (criminal: habitual) (罪犯)
SC 惯犯的，屡教不改的 guàn fàn de
Hardened convicts sometimes find it hard to return to life outside prison.
hardened adj: figurative (person: desensitized) (人)
SC 硬心肠的, 冷硬的, 铁了心的
Her heart was hardened against us and she never wrote again.
她对我们铁了心，再也没有写信给我们。
hardened adj: (material: tempered, made hard) (材料)
SC 硬化的，变硬的 yìng huà de ，biàn yìng de
Hardened steel is excellent for knife blades.
hardened adj: (substance: solidified) (水泥)
SC 固化的, 硬化了的
The concrete is not fully hardened for three days.
过了三天，混凝土还没有完全硬化。
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.
battle-hardened adj: (having war experience)
SC 久经沙场的，经过战火淬炼的，上过战场的