Word · Frequency #6995
Fully loadedharden
变硬；变冷酷
become hard or harder
- 1.
To become hard.
变硬。
- 2.
To strengthen.
加强。
- 3.
To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
修改(网站或其他系统)以抵御恶意攻击。
- 4.
To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
使(人或事物)变得有抵抗力或不太敏感。
- 5.
To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
使(辅音)变为强辅音；使经历强化。
- 6.
To unpalatalize or velarize.
去腭化或软腭化。
使变硬；使坚强；使冷酷；变硬。；加强。；修改(网站或其他系统)以抵御恶意攻击。；使(人或事物)变得有抵抗力或不太敏感。
In use
The glue will harden in about an hour.
The cold weather hardened the ground overnight.
The repeated failures hardened his resolve to succeed.
harden sth
及物，表示使某物变得坚硬。
The cold weather hardened the ground.
寒冷的天气使地面变硬。
harden (become hard)
不及物，表示自身变硬。
The glue had hardened overnight.
胶水过了一夜变硬了。
harden against sth
指对某事变得冷酷或坚强。
He hardened his heart against her pleas.
他硬起心肠，对她的恳求无动于衷。
Connections
Collocations
- harden one's heart
- 使心肠变硬，变得冷酷无情
- He hardened his heart against her pleas.他对她的恳求硬起了心肠。
- harden one's attitude
- 态度变得强硬
- The government hardened its attitude towards the protesters.政府对抗议者的态度变得更加强硬。
- harden steel
- 淬火使钢硬化
- The blacksmith hardened the steel by plunging it into cold water.铁匠将钢浸入冷水中使其硬化。
- harden off
- 使（植物）逐渐适应室外环境
- You need to harden off the seedlings before planting them outside.在把幼苗移植到室外之前，你需要先让它们逐渐适应环境。
- harden one's resolve
- 坚定决心
- The setback only hardened her resolve to succeed.这次挫折反而坚定了她成功的决心。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想NBA球星詹姆斯·哈登（James Harden），其姓氏与单词拼写相同，发音相似，他打球风格强硬，像金属一样‘变硬’。
Context & Register
['使变硬']用法比较常见于具体物体或材料的硬化过程，例如金属、塑料等工业场景；['使坚强, 使冷酷']多用于抽象意义，如性格或态度的转变。语域倾向于中性，但情感色彩可能偏负面（如'使冷酷'）。典型语境：材料科学、日常描述（如'使立场强硬'）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'garden' and 'pardon' rhyme with 'harden'. Words like 'warden', 'burden', 'sudden', 'wooden' have different vowel sounds and do not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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