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harden hard

harden

[ˈhɑ:dn] 生词本

vt.

vi.

  • 易混淆的单词:Harden  
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1. V-ERG (使)变硬;(使)硬化 When something hardens or when you harden it, it becomes stiff or firm. 
  • Mould the mixture into shape while hot, before it hardens...

    在混合物还没有变硬之前,趁热将它塑成形。

  • Give the cardboard two or three coats of varnish to harden it.

    在纸板上涂两三层清漆使其变硬。

2. V-ERG (使)(态度、想法)变得更坚定;(使)变得更强硬 When an attitude or opinion hardens or is hardened, it becomes harsher, stronger, or fixed. 
  • Their action can only serve to harden the attitude of landowners...

    他们的行动只会让土地拥有者的态度变得更坚定。

  • The bitter split which has developed within Solidarity is likely to harden further into separation.

    团结工会内部已产生的不愉快分歧可能会进一步演变为分裂。

hardening
  • ...a hardening of the government's attitude towards rebellious parts of the army.

    政府对待部队中反叛分子的态度更强硬

3. VERB (价格、经济)变得更稳定 When prices and economies harden, they become much more stable than they were. 
  • Property prices are just beginning to harden again.

    房地产价格刚开始重新趋于稳定。

4. V-ERG (使)变得坚强;(使)变得冷酷无情;(使)变得麻木不仁 When events harden people or when people harden, they become less easily affected emotionally and less sympathetic and gentle than they were before. 
  • 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。

  • She was hardened by the rigours of the Siberian steppes...

    西伯利亚大草原的艰苦环境使她变得坚强起来。

  • All of a sudden my heart hardened against her.

    突然间我对她硬起了心肠。

5. VERB (表情、眼神)变得严肃,变得不快 If you say that someone's face or eyes harden, you mean that they suddenly look serious or angry. 
  • 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。

Verb

1. become hard or harder;

  • "The wax hardened"

2. make hard or harder;

  • "The cold hardened the butter"

3. harden by reheating and cooling in oil;

  • "temper steel"

4. make fit;

  • "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"

5. cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate;

  • "He was inured to the cold"

水产

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  • 1.[鱼种]锻炼
  • 2.通过拉网等方法提高鱼种对不良环境适应能力的措施。
1. Hot steel is quenched to harden it.
烧热的钢放入水中骤冷使之坚硬。

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