toughen

美音：['tʌf(ə)n] 英音：['tʌf(ə)n]

简单释义：

v.加强；坚固；使更坚强；使坚韧

Web锻炼人；变坚韧；增韧

变形：

"Past Participle：toughened Present Participle：toughening Simple Present：toughens "

完整释义：

1.使[变]强韧;使[变]硬;使[变]强健;使[变]坚强,使[变]顽固;使[变]困难
2.使…变得坚强起来
3.坚韧;严厉
4.使困难
5.使硬
6.加强
7.使韧

例句：

Japan will toughen sanctions against North Korea, the top government spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano, said on Friday.
日本政府首席发言人，内阁官房长官平野博文周五表示，日本将加大对朝鲜的制裁。
If we don't toughen up, the dreaded Chinese are going to kick our asses at everything -- even football.
如果我们不更坚强一些，可怕的中国人将在各个方面踢我们的屁股，甚至足球（美式足球指的是橄榄球）。
Members of the Senate also are pushing to give the White House new tools to toughen policy toward China.
而参议院也有议员提倡给予白宫新的工具来强化对华政策。
The US and its European allies are preparing to toughen their already stricter unilateral measures against Iran.
美国及其欧洲盟国正准备加大针对伊朗的已经更为严厉的单边制裁力度。
The ban on eating dog and cat meat is part of a larger proposal to toughen laws on animal welfare.
禁食狗肉和猫肉的禁令是一项提议实施强化关于动物权益的更大举措的组成部分。
Over a period of two or three weeks, these fibres meld together to form thin, wet sheets of cellulose that toughen as they are dried out.
经过2~3个星期，这些纤维素细丝相互形成薄薄的潮湿的一层纤维素垫子，当它们干燥的视乎就会变得非常坚韧。
A majority of Americans believe the U. S. needs to toughen its trade and economic policies toward China, that poll found.
这项民调还发现，大多数美国人认为政府应该在贸易和经济政策上对中国持强硬态度。
As long as you usually toughen, you become again health.
只要你经常锻炼，你又会变得健康起来。

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