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

过去分词：hardened　过去式：hardened　

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.
  1. ...hardened criminals.
     冷酷无情的罪犯
  2. ...hardened politicians.
     麻木不仁的政客

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• Attitudes to the strike have hardened on both sides.
  双方对罢工所持的态度更加强硬了。
• He hardened early to a life of crime.
  他很早就习惯了犯罪生涯。
• 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。
• The snow hardened until ice was formed.
  雪变成冰后就会硬。
• Life in the mountains hardened me.
  山区的生活使我更加坚强。
• 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。
• Her heart gradually hardened against him.
  她对他逐渐变得麻木不仁了。
• There are more dim bulbs in the universe than even the most hardened pessimist might have imagined.
  在宇宙里，即使是最坚定的悲观主义者也想像不出还有那么多暗淡无光的球状物。