hardening

柯林斯詞典

harden /?hɑ?d?n/ (hardening,hardened,hardens)

• 1. V-T/V-I When something hardens or when you harden it, it becomes stiff or firm. 使變硬; 變硬

  Mould the mixture into shape while hot, before it hardens. 在混合物變硬之前，趁熱將其塑造成形。

• 2. V-T/V-I When an attitude or opinion hardens or is hardened, it becomes harsher, stronger, or fixed. (使) 更堅(jiān)定; (使) 更強(qiáng)硬

  Their action can only serve to harden the attitude of landowners. 他們的舉動(dòng)只會(huì)使土地所有者們的態(tài)度變得強(qiáng)硬。

• 3. hardeningN-SING 強(qiáng)硬化

  ...a hardening of the government's attitude toward rebellious parts of the army. …政府對(duì)軍隊(duì)中反叛分子的態(tài)度的強(qiáng)硬化。

• 4. V-T/V-I When events harden people or when people harden, they become less easily affected emotionally and less sympathetic and gentle than they were before. 使變得冷酷無(wú)情; 變得冷酷無(wú)情

  Her years of drunken bickering hardened my heart. 她常年醉酒吵鬧讓我的心麻木了。

• 5. V-I If you say that someone's face or eyes harden, you mean that they suddenly look serious or angry. (表情或目光) 突然顯得嚴(yán)峻

  His smile died and the look in his face hardened. 他的微笑消失了，臉上的表情突然顯得嚴(yán)峻。

• 6. N a rough fabric made from hards 亞麻織物

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