a tough
He was known as a tough in the neighborhood.
他在那个街区以恶棍闻名。
少年暴徒;小流氓;街头出身的拳手;非科班拳手;通过武力获取东西的人;暴徒或恶霸。;街头斗殴出身的人;好斗暴力的年轻罪犯
a violent person who uses force or threats to get what they want; a thug or bully
通过武力获取东西的人;暴徒或恶霸。
A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
街头斗殴出身的人
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
好斗暴力的年轻罪犯
an aggressive and violent young criminal
残忍粗暴的家伙
a cruel and brutal fellow
A group of toughs were waiting outside the bar.
一群暴徒在酒吧外面等着。
用法提示:此处 tough 作名词复数,指‘暴徒’。
The old woman refused to give her purse to the tough who demanded it.
那位老妇拒绝把钱包交给向她要钱的暴徒。
用法提示:tough 作名词,指‘凶悍的暴徒’。
In the movie, the hero fights a tough in an alley and wins.
电影里,主人公在小巷里和一个暴徒搏斗并获胜。
用法提示:tough 作名词,指‘街头恶霸、暴徒’。
He was known as a tough in the neighborhood.
他在那个街区以恶棍闻名。
The toughs gathered on the street corner.
那些恶棍聚集在街角。
形容词常放在tough前面作定语。
A local tough threatened the shopkeeper.
一个当地的恶棍威胁了店主。
强调暴力犯罪,程度比tough重
侧重欺负弱者,不完全是tough的同义
较正式,常用于文学描述
强调属于犯罪团伙,比tough更具体
美式俚语,指街头混混
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a thug.
正确表达He is a tough.
tough 作名词意为“恶棍”,与 thug 意思相近,但 thug 更常指暴力罪犯,而 tough 特指街头斗殴者。学习者易混淆这两个词,应使用 tough 来表达特定含义。
grammar · medium
易错句子These tough are dangerous.
正确表达These toughs are dangerous.
tough 是可数名词,复数形式为 toughs。学习者可能忽略复数变化,直接使用原形表示复数,需加 -s。
针对tough作名词‘暴徒、恶霸’义,指性格软弱、易受欺压的人;不作‘坚韧’义的反义。
指心地柔和、不粗暴的人,与tough‘强硬粗暴的恶霸’相对;口语常用。
thug 强调用暴力或恐吓手段的犯罪分子,而 tough 则指在街头打架练出来的硬汉,不一定是罪犯。
街头恶棍
The street tough demanded money from the shopkeeper.
那个街头恶棍向店主勒索钱财。
年轻暴徒
A young tough was arrested after the fight.
打架后,一名年轻暴徒被逮捕。
当地恶霸
The local tough bullied everyone in the neighborhood.
那个当地恶霸欺负街坊里的每个人。
一帮暴徒
A gang of toughs attacked the passerby.
一帮暴徒袭击了路人。
武装暴徒
Armed toughs stormed into the building.
武装暴徒冲进了大楼。
tough + -ie
tough + guy
tough + -en
tough + -ness
tough + -minded
tough 常指帮派中靠暴力行事的人。
tough 指在街头打架斗殴中成长起来的人。
tough 的典型行为涉及暴力和恐吓。
tough 也可指好斗暴力的年轻罪犯。
tough 常用拳头打斗,是街头斗殴的象征。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.