| 复合形式： |
| toughen up viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived." | informal (get stricter or harsher) (非正式用语) | 变严厉，更为严厉
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| | We are going to toughen up the rules around here, no more goofing off. |
| toughen up vi phrasalphrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up." | informal ([sb]: be resilient) (非正式用语) | 变得更坚韧
biàn de gèng jiān rèn |
| | I'll have to toughen up if I don't want to go home crying every day. |
| toughen up vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." | informal (make more resilient) (非正式用语) | 使更坚韧
shǐ gèng jiān rèn |
| | He tried to prepare his children for life by toughening them up. |
| toughen [sth] up vtr phrasal sepphrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game." | informal ([sth]: make stricter) | 严抓
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| | | 使...更严格
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| | We are going to toughen up the rules. No more goofing off! |