tough的词语用法

1. 强硬的，坚固的
2. 棘手的
3. 坚强的，不屈不挠的，坚韧不拔的，能吃苦耐劳的
4. 老的，难切开的，嚼不烂的
5. 倒霉的
6. 顽固的，固执的
7. 无法无天的
8. 健壮的
9. 艰难的，艰苦的
10. 无情的，严厉的

1. 以强硬的态度，不妥协地

1. 恶棍，粗暴的人，无赖，流氓，歹徒，暴徒
2. 顽童

1. 坚持，挨过，忍耐困难

1. someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
2. an aggressive and violent young criminal
3. a cruel and brutal fellow

1. not given to gentleness or sentimentality;

   "a tough character"
   

2. very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution;

   "a rugged competitive examination"
   "the rugged conditions of frontier life"
   "the competition was tough"
   "it's a tough life"
   "it was a tough job"
   

3. physically toughened;

   "the tough bottoms of his feet"
   

4. substantially made or constructed;

   "sturdy steel shelves"
   "sturdy canvas"
   "a tough all-weather fabric"
   "some plastics are as tough as metal"
   

5. violent and lawless;

   "the more ruffianly element"
   "tough street gangs"
   

6. feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad');

   "my throat feels bad"
   "she felt bad all over"
   "he was feeling tough after a restless night"
   

7. resistant to cutting or chewing
8. unfortunate or hard to bear;

   "had hard luck"
   "a tough break"
   

9. making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe;

   "a baffling problem"
   "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"
   "a problematic situation at home"
   

1. 韧：又比如1990年有一篇高考阅读理解叫Annealing(退火),它讲的是如何通过annealing来使金属变硬(hard)、变软(soft)、变脆(brittle)、变韧(tough)等. 我们可以想象假如有一个考生是铁匠的儿子,那么他做这篇阅读理解肯定要比一般的考生容易得多.

2. 坚强：波登在文章一开始就表明,王建民是个坚强(tough)的人. 波登引用了一个过去的小故事:2005年春训时,还没登上大联盟的王建民只算得上小咖,一天建仔因守备训练出错被罚跑球场一圈,依照惯例他必须挑一个倒楣队友「陪跑」,

• tough competition激烈的竞争

• dreadfully tough极其粗鲁的

• tough to work with很难与…共事

• tough on对…很严格

看电影

A：What do you want to do tonight?
你今晚打算做什么？

B：Do you want to see a movie? I heard there’s a new horror film playing tonight.
你想看电影吗？我听说今晚有部新的恐怖片放映。

tough在线翻译

A：You know I don’t like horror films!
你知道我不喜欢恐怖片。

tough什么意思

B：I’m only teasing. There’s also an adventure film and a cartoon playing tonight.
和你开玩笑呢！今晚还有探险片和卡通片。

A：What’s the cartoon? Is it the new Pixar film about cars?
是什么卡通片？是皮克斯公司新品的关于小汽车的新片吗？

B：Yes, that’s the name, actuallB: Cars.
是的，确切的名字是Cars。

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A：That might be a good way to start the weekend. I’m not in the mood for anything too heavy.
这也许是度过周末的好方法。我不想再做繁重的事情了。

B：I know what you mean. We’ve both had atough week.
我理解你的意思。我们这周都过得太辛苦了。

A：Which theater is Cars playing at?
哪家影院在放映这部片子？

tough什么意思

B：It’s at the Paramount 16.
派拉蒙16.

A：That’s the one on the west side of town, right?
是城镇西部的那个，对吗？

B：Yeah, it should only take about 15 minutes to get there.
是的，只要15 分钟就能到。

A：When does it start?
什么时候开始？

B：Let’s see… the paper says that it starts at 7:15, but I think we should get there early to get a good seat.
我想想，报纸上说7 点15 开始，但我觉得我们应该早些去占个好位子。

A：Ok, well it’s 5:00 now, so let’s have dinner and then we can go.
我吧，现在已经5 点了，我们去吃晚饭然后就出发吧。

tough

B：Sounds good. I’ll drive if you make dinner.
听起来不错，如果你做晚饭我就开车。

A：How about the other way around?
换一种方式怎么样？

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的toh；最初源自古日耳曼语的tankhuz，意为困难的。