Toughen
v. (使)变坚韧, (使)变顽强
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
toughen
v[I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (sth/sb) (up) (cause sth/sb to) become tough or tougher （使某事物[某人]）（更）坚韧, 坚强, 强硬
The law needs toughening (up). 需要加强法制的威力.
toughened glass 钢化玻璃.
🗣️ 情景例句
Pete Waters's lived around here almost as long as I have. Pete Waters
住在这儿差不多跟我一样久了。
I'm too busy.
我太忙。
But the first people who were like ourselves lived so long ago that even their sagas, if they had any, are forgotten.
但是，和我们相似的原始人生活的年代太久远了，因此，有关他们的传说既使有如今也失传了。