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 snow hardened until ice was formed.
  雪变成冰后就会硬。
• He was certain Sid would be eaten alive by the hardened criminals in the jail.
  他确信锡德在监狱中肯定会被那些怙恶不悛的罪犯们扒掉一层皮。
• 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。
• I see. I am speaking in vain to a hardened heart.
  我明白了，对你这个铁石心肠的人讲这些根本是白费口舌。
• 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 had turned into an embittered, hardened adult
  他已经变成了一个愤世嫉俗、冷酷无情的成年人。
• All of a sudden my heart hardened against her.
  突然间我对她硬起了心肠。
• 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。
• He had been hardened to all shame.
  他已变得对一切羞耻麻木不仁。
• 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。