harden意思

1. 变硬，硬化，变坚固
2. 变强硬，变果断，更强硬
3. 变坚强，更坚定
4. (股市)变得坚挺，上涨
5. 更严厉，更严肃
6. 变强硬，变果断，更强硬
7. 变冷酷，变得冷酷无情，变得严峻
8. 变得强壮，变得壮实有耐受力
9. 使变硬，使坚硬，使坚固
10. 使坚强，使顽强，使不屈
11. 使冷酷，使变得冷酷，使变得无情，使冷酷无情，使心肠变硬
12. 【冶金学】使硬化，把…淬化
13. 使强壮，使锻炼得结实，把…锻炼得坚强
14. 【经济学】使(市场、物价等)坚挺(或稳定)，使(价格)上涨
15. 使变成硬水
16. 【军事】硬化(或强化)(防空系统)使(核武器、基地等)硬式化

1. 淬火
2. 哈登（Sir Arthur，1865-1940，英国化学家，曾获1929年诺贝尔化学奖）

1. vt. & vi. (使)变坚硬,(使)变坚强,(使)坚定 (cause sth) become hard, strong, unyielding, etc.
2. vt. 使麻木不仁或毫不在乎 make sb less sensitive (to sth)

1.（使）变硬;（使）硬化
When somethinghardens or when youharden it, it becomes stiff or firm.

e.g. 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。
e.g. Give the cardboard two or three coats of varnish toharden it.
在纸板上涂两三层清漆使其变硬。

2.（使）（态度、想法）变得更坚定;（使）变得更强硬
When an attitude or opinionhardens oris hardened, it becomes harsher, stronger, or fixed.

e.g. Their action can only serve toharden 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。
e.g. The bitter split which has developed within Solidarity is likely toharden 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。

3.（价格、经济）变得更稳定
When prices and economiesharden, they become much more stable than they were.

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e.g. Property prices are just beginning toharden again.
房地产价格刚开始重新趋于稳定。

4.（使）变得坚强;（使）变得冷酷无情;（使）变得麻木不仁
When eventsharden people or when peopleharden, they become less easily affected emotionally and less sympathetic and gentle than they were before.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

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

e.g. 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。

1. Clay hardens when it becomes dry.
   黏土干了的时候就变硬了。
2. The soft concrete will harden till it is like stone.
   水泥将变硬直到像石头一样。
3. The varnish takes a few minutes to harden.
   清漆几分钟就变硬了。
4. The snow hardened until ice was formed.
   雪变成冰后就会硬。
5. Attitudes to the strike have hardened on both sides.
   双方对罢工所持的态度更加强硬了。
6. Opposition to the military government hardened after the massacre.
   大屠杀后,反对军政府的力量更强硬了。

1. He hardened his hold on the door.
   他更加使劲地抓住门。
2. Life in the mountains hardened me.
   山区的生活使我更加坚强。
3. Don't harden your heart against him.
   不要对他冷酷无情。
4. For her good,You must harden your heart.
   替她着想,你不能心软。
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5. Doctors are hardened to the sight of blood.
   医生看见血无动于衷。
6. He had utterly been hardened by all shame.
   他毫无廉耻之心。

• The rise of a lawyer class was everywhere hardening customary into written rights.

  出自：J. R. Green

• The statues..spotted black, green and yellow with clots of hardened moss.

  出自：W. Wharton

1. harden的基本意思是指事物的硬度增强到坚固的程度,即指硬化的过程,也指硬化的结果,引申可指“心肠硬”“麻木不仁”。
2. harden用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。用作不及物动词时，接into表示“凝固成”,接toward表示“对…冷酷无情”。