hardened
hardened
adjective
adjective
- having become or been made hard or harder
硬化的
hardened steel.
硬化钢。
■strengthened or made secure against attack, especially by nuclear weapons
（尤指为防核武器攻击而）加固的
the silos are hardened against air attack.
发射井被加固以防空袭。 - [attrib.]very experienced in a particular job or activity and therefore not easily upset by its more unpleasant aspects
经验丰富的；老练的
hardened police officers.
老练的警官。
[in combination]a battle-hardened veteran.
饱经战火的老兵。
■utterly fixed in a habit or way of life seen as bad
积重难返的；顽固不化的
hardened criminals.
顽固不化的罪犯。
a hardened liar.
积习难改的说谎者。
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