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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   toughen

   • IPA[ˈtəfən]

   美式

   • v.
     make or become tougher；make (rules or a policy) stricter and more harsh

   • verb: toughen, 3rd person present: toughens, gerund or present participle: toughening, past tense: toughened, past participle: toughened

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make or become tougher he tried to toughen his son up by sending him to public school if removed from the oven too soon meringues shrink and toughen 同義詞 strengthen, fortify, reinforce, harden, stiffen, ... 更多consolidate, temper, season, rigidify, thicken, coarsen, technicalindurate, anneal, cement, harden, fortify, strengthen, give strength to, steel, harshen, make resilient, make unfeeling, brutalize, make callous, case-harden, inure反義詞 soften
   • ▪ make (rules or a policy) stricter and more harsh new congressional efforts to toughen the laws 同義詞 make stricter, make more severe, toughen up, stiffen, tighten, ... 更多informalbeef up
3. • 更多解釋

   toughen

   • IPA[ˈtʌfn]

   英式

   • v.
     make or become stronger or more resilient: he tried to toughen his son up by sending him to public school a falcon has scaly skin on its legs that toughens up very quickly

   Oxford Dictionary