toughen
vt. 使变坚韧; 使变坚强; 使变强硬; 使变顽强
vi. 变坚韧; 变坚强; 变强硬; 变顽强
If you toughen something or if it toughens, you make it stronger so that it will not break easily.
Do not add salt to beans when cooking as this tends to toughen the skins.
煮豆荚时别加盐,因为这常会使豆壳变硬。
…toughened glass.
钢化玻璃
If a person, institution, or law toughens its policies, regulations, or punishments, it makes them firmer or stricter.
Talks are under way to toughen trade restrictions...
加强贸易限制的会谈正在进行中。
They have put considerable pressure on the Government to toughen its stance…
他们已对政府施加了相当大的压力,要求其采取强硬立场。
If an experience toughens you, it makes you stronger and more independent in character.
They believe that participating in fights toughens boys and shows them how to be men.
他们认为参与打架会使男孩子变得坚强,教会他们怎样成为男人。
…people who have been toughened by their daily circumstances.
被日常境况磨砺得坚韧顽强的人们
1. make tough or tougher;
Taking care of pooch was his attempt to toughen me up and teach me responsibility.
他盘算着通过照看普茨使我坚强起来,并教我养成责任感.
The results show that polyetherimide toughen this resin system, but improve the dielectric performance.
研究表明,聚醚酰亚胺在改善氰酸酯树脂体系韧性的同时, 也提高了树脂体系的介电性能.
All this mountain climbing will toughen the boys up.
这些爬山运动会把孩子们锻炼得身强体壮.
The acrylate terminated and maleic acid terminated liquid rubbers were prepared and used to toughen UP.
合成了丙烯酸酯封端和马来酸封端两种活性端基液体橡胶,并且用于不饱和聚酯(UP)的增韧.
The company leader said that army life would toughen the recruits up.
连长说军队生活可以使新兵锻炼得更坚强.