hardened
adj. 變硬的,堅毅的
v. (使)變硬( harden的過去式和過去分詞 ); (使)堅固; (使)硬化; (使)變得堅強
If you describe someone as hardened, 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.
...hardened criminals.
冷酷無情的罪犯
...hardened politicians.
麻木不仁的政客
1. used of persons; emotionally hardened;
2. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment;
3. made tough by habitual exposure;
4. converted to solid form (as concrete)
All of a sudden my heart hardened against her.
突然間我對她硬起了心腸。
She was hardened by the rigours of the Siberian steppes.
西伯利亞大草原的艱苦環境使她變得堅強起來。
Her mind hardened at the thought of the difficulties awaiting her.
當她想到面臨著許多困難時,她的意志更堅定了.
I hardened my heart against him.
我硬起心腸來對待他.
The positions of the two sides hardened.
雙方的立場變得更強硬了.