toughen

verb

1. （使）坚硬，坚固
   to become or make sth stronger, so that it is not easily cut, broken, etc.
   1. toughened glass
      钢化玻璃
2. 加强，强化（法律、规定等）
   to make sth such as laws or rules stricter
   1. The government is considering toughening up the law on censorship.
      政府正在考虑强化书报电影审查方面的法律。
3. 使更坚强；使坚韧
   to make sb stronger and more able to deal with difficult situations

1. V-ERG (使)变坚硬;(使)变坚韧
   If you toughen something or if it toughens, you make it stronger so that it will not break easily.
   1. Do not add salt to beans when cooking as this tends to toughen the skins.
      煮豆荚时别加盐，因为这常会使豆壳变硬。
   2. …toughened glass.
      钢化玻璃
2. VERB 加强，强化（政策、规章或惩罚）；使强硬
   If a person, institution, or law toughens its policies, regulations, or punishments, it makes them firmer or stricter.
   1. Talks are under way to toughen trade restrictions...
      加强贸易限制的会谈正在进行中。
   2. They have put considerable pressure on the Government to toughen its stance…
      他们已对政府施加了相当大的压力，要求其采取强硬立场。
   3. British regulations are also being toughened.
      英国的规章也正在变得更加严格。
   4. Toughen up means the same as toughen.
      toughen up 同 toughen
   5. The new law toughens up penalties for those that misuse guns.
      新法对滥用枪支的处罚更为严厉。
3. VERB （经历）使坚强，使顽强
   If an experience toughens you, it makes you stronger and more independent in character.
   1. They believe that participating in fights toughens boys and shows them how to be men.
      他们认为参与打架会使男孩子变得坚强，教会他们怎样成为男人。
   2. …people who have been toughened by their daily circumstances.
      被日常境况磨砺得坚韧顽强的人们
   3. Toughen up means the same as toughen.
      toughen up 同 toughen
   4. He thinks boxing is good for kids, that it toughens them up...
      他认为拳击对小孩子有好处，可使他们变得坚强。
   5. My father tried to teach me to toughen up.
      我父亲试图教我变得坚强。

1. Do not add salt to beans when cooking as this tends to toughen the skins.
   煮豆荚时别加盐，因为这常会使豆壳变硬。
2. toughened glass.
   钢化玻璃
3. British regulations are also being toughened.
   英国的规章也正在变得更加严格。
4. They believe that participating in fights toughens boys and shows them how to be men.
   他们认为参与打架会使男孩子变得坚强，教会他们怎样成为男人。
5. people who have been toughened by their daily circumstances.
   被日常境况磨砺得坚韧顽强的人们
6. Has other kids'bad behavior led you to toughen your standards?
   其他孩子的不良行为让你提高了标准吗？
7. Members of the Senate also are pushing to give the White House new tools to toughen policy toward China.
   而参议院也有议员提倡给予白宫新的工具来强化对华政策。
8. EU ministers also agreed to toughen sanctions against Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe.
   欧盟各国外长在会上还一致同意强化对津巴布韦总统穆加贝的制裁。
9. We need to slightly toughen up the message, says Prior.
   我们必须稍稍强化这一信息，普赖尔说。
10. Shoppers can be stuck with more second-thoughts-merchandise now as many retailers toughen their return policies.
    如今，消费者可能会有更多的买了之后又不喜欢的商品，因为许多零售商收紧了退货政策。
11. The amnesty appeared to conflict with President Lee Myung-bak's calls this month to strengthen the rule of law and toughen scrutiny of corruption cases involving business leaders.
    总统李明博（LeeMyung-bak）本月呼吁加强法治，严格审查牵涉商界领袖的腐败案件。特赦李健熙的决定似乎与此背道而驰。
12. The city council is determined to toughen up the fight against crime.
    市政会议决心增强与犯罪作斗争的力度。
13. Establishment self-confidence heart; Development self-confidence heart; Healthy and strong growth; Behavior; Toughen; Bear dint.
    建立自信心；培养自信心；茁壮成长；行为；锻炼；承受力。
14. In the meantime, the existence and management set foot in realistic world family problem is also a kind of test to the university student, can biggest toughen it conducting with life ability.
    同时，涉足现实世界的生存和经营家庭问题，对大学生也是一种考验，可以极大地锻炼其处世和生活能力。
15. The problems have added to pressure on the US Food and Drug Administration to toughen import processes and step up its inspection of foreign manufacturers, as well as a re-examination by global companies of their sourcing and manufacturing.
    这些问题增加了美国药监局收紧进口程序和加强对外国制造商检查的压力，促使全球企业重新审查自己的采购与制造过程。
16. It might toughen you up a bit.
    或许能让你坚强一点。
17. Nixon had reined me in; he had made me toughen our stand.
    尼克松把我勒住了；他使我强化了我们的立场。
18. Lobbyists must not be allowed to hamper swift action by regulators to toughen controls.
    我们决不能允许游说人士妨碍监管机构迅速采取行动来实行更严格的管控。
19. His parents sent him away to school to toughen him up.
    他的父母把他送到学校经受锻炼。
20. He needs plenty of hard exercise to toughen him up.
    他需要充分的艰苦锻炼以增强体质。
21. But those who are easier graders than average will never feel guilty and toughen up.
    而那些评分本来就比平均标准松的，根本不会觉得内疚，不会因此更严格。
22. A year in the army will toughen him up.
    一年的部队生活会使他坚强起来。
23. Electrospun PSF nanofibrous membranes were prepared to toughen TGDDM epoxy resin.
    本课题采用静电纺丝制备了聚砜（PSF）纳米纤维膜，以增韧TGDDM环氧树脂。
24. Let it toughen you up.
    要让它使你变得更坚强。
25. The US and its European allies are preparing to toughen their already stricter unilateral measures against Iran.
    美国及其欧洲盟国正准备加大针对伊朗的已经更为严厉的单边制裁力度。
26. There will now be calls at the UN to toughen sanctions slapped on Eritrea in 2009.
    现在，有人将在联合国呼吁加大2009年对厄立特里亚实施的制裁。
27. We would pee on our palms during spring training to toughen them up, you know.
    我们常常会在春季训练时把尿撒在手上，使手能坚韧一点，知道吗。
28. The rubber crumb modified by heavy oil and styrene copolymer was used to toughen waste PP.
    用“重油”与苯乙烯共聚改性胶粉增韧废PP。
29. The reports say Denmark should toughen its penalties for bribery, while Japan needs to strengthen its laws, start investigating and prosecuting bribery and urgently assess impediments to doing this.
    报告称，丹麦应加强其对贿赂行为的惩罚力度，而日本需要完善其法律法规，开始调查并起诉贿赂行为，并对妨碍日本反贿赂的障碍进行紧急评估。
30. Legitimate drug companies say China must toughen up its regulations on exported drugs.
    合法的制药公司说中国必须加紧它对出口药物的管理。

verb

1. make tough or tougher
   1. This experience will toughen her