v.(动词)

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

n.(名词)

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）

v.(动词)

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)

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"
   

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。

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

harden

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. 哈登：现在也没有任何关于哈登(harden),塔比特(Thabeet),卢比奥(Rubio)或其他人有可能成为状元的预测. 得到状元签的球队会选布雷克.格里芬或者他们可以将签位交易给希望选择他的球队.

2. 硬化：harden 使硬 |harden 硬化 |hardenability test 淬硬性试验

3. harden

3. 加硬：镶件 Mold Insert | 加硬harden | 唧嘴 Sprue

4. 使变硬：harden up 使坚硬 |harden 使变硬 |hardenable 可硬化的

They harden clay by putting it in a fire.

他们把粘土坯放在炉火里使其变硬。

The varnish takes a few minutes to harden.

清漆几分钟就能变硬。

Missus Lederer later said that one Sun-Times editor helped her harden herself to those stories.

莱德尔太太后来说，有一位晨报的编辑帮助她，让她面对这些信件而变得坚强。

Hardship can harden your will.

艰难困苦可以使你意志坚强。

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。

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 varnish takes a few hours to harden.

清漆需要几个小时才能干透。

Hot steel is quenched to harden it.

烧热的钢放入水中骤冷使之坚硬.

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。

Stoneware is fired at a high temperature to cause it to vitrify and harden.

在高温下烧制瓷器以至其成玻璃状，变硬。

Property prices are just beginning to harden again.

房地产价格刚开始重新趋于稳定。

Melted metal is poured into a mold to harden into shape.

熔化之金属倒入模子中以冷却成形.

You may leave the jelly in a cool place to harden it.

你可以把果子冻放在阴凉的地方,让它凝固.

God forbid that I should tell you to harden your hearts.

上帝不容我对各位说要心狠手辣.

The practical result was to harden the battle lines.

实际的结果就是双方壁垒更加分明.

To quench steel is that hot steel is quenched to harden it.

淬钢就是烧热的钢置入水中骤冷使之坚硬.

The soft concrete will harden till it is like stone.

水泥将变硬直到像石头一样.

They harden clay by putting it in a fire.

他们把粘土坯放在炉火里使其变硬.

The varnish takes a few minutes to harden.

清漆几分钟就能变硬.

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

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。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

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。

harden in (v.+adv.)

绷得紧 stretch sth tight
harden sth ⇔ in

You'd better harden in the ropes, the sails are not tight enough!

你最好拉紧大绳,帆绷得还不够紧。

harden into (v.+prep.)

凝固成 change sth into sth because of coldness
harden into sth

Lava as it cools hardens into rock.

岩浆冷却后凝成岩石。

harden sth into sth

harden one's revolutionary will into steel.

把革命意志锻炼得钢铁般坚强。

harden off (v.+adv.)

使耐寒以备室外种植 become hard, ready for planting outside
harden off

When the onion plants have hardened off, we can plant them in the garden; they should be ready soon.

洋葱苗长壮后,我们就可以把它们移植到菜园里; 这些苗很快就可以移植。

harden sth ⇔ off

What is the best way to harden off new rose bushes only a few inches high?

要想使只有几英寸高的玫瑰长壮以移植户外,什么办法最好?

Potted plants should be hardened off before planting out.

盆栽植物应经耐寒锻炼才能移植到室外。

harden to (v.+prep.)

对…变得无动于衷 make sb less sensitive
harden to sth

He hardened early to a life of crime.

他很早就习惯了犯罪生涯。

harden sb to v-ing

Do you think that John is becoming hardened to failing his driving test?

你是不是认为约翰对驾照考试的失败已麻木了?

Poor people often become hardened to suffering.

穷人常常变得能忍受苦难。

harden sb to sth

They've been hardened to the horrors of war.

他们对战争的恐怖已无动于衷了。

He became hardened to the suffering around him.

他对周围的苦难现象已见怪不怪了。

harden toward (v.+prep.)

对…冷酷无情 be cold to sb
harden toward sb

His heart hardened toward his nephews.

他对他的侄子们心肠很硬。

～+名词

• harden%20the%20body">harden the body锻炼身体
• harden%20one%27s%20heart">harden one's heart心肠变硬
• harden%20steel">harden steel淬火

～+副词

• harden%20considerably">harden considerably很坚硬
• harden%20utterly">harden utterly非常坚定
• harden%20in">harden in拉紧
• harden%20off">harden off使长壮以移植户外
• harden%20up">harden up变得坚实

～+介词

• harden%20into">harden into凝固成
• harden%20to">harden to对…变得无动于衷
• harden%20toward">harden toward对…冷酷无情

• 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

v.(动词)

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”。

v.(动词)

harden, cake, indurate, petrify, solidify

这组词都有“使变硬或凝固”的意思。它们的区别是:harden强调变硬的过程或结果; cake指凝结成坚硬的块状物; indurate指使原来坚硬的东西更加坚硬或结实; petrify指动植物石化或变得像石头一样坚硬; solidify强调最终发生质的变化。