tough

释义

adj.棘手的; 坚强的; 粗野的; 治安很差的; 艰难的; 强硬的; 坚固的; 嚼不动的; 倒霉的n.暴徒v.坚持adv.坚强地

大小写变形: Tough

词态变化

复数 :   toughs ; 副词 :   toughly ; 名词 :   toughness ;

实用场景例句

He built a tough reputation as a relentless business leader.

他树立了一位不屈不挠的商业领袖的强硬声誉。

金山词霸

Fueled by relentless resolve, she embodies a tough and indomitable will.

她凭借着不懈的决心，展现出坚韧不拔的顽强意志。

金山词霸

He was known as a tough after murdering three people in cold blood.

他以冷酷无情地杀害三人而被称为暴徒。

金山词霸

The tough atmosphere of this district appears at odds with her mild temperament...

这个区域的强硬氛围似乎与她柔和的性格格格不入...

金山词霸

Arthur grew up in a tough city neighborhood where violence was rampant.

阿瑟在一个暴力猖獗的艰难城市街区长大。

金山词霸

Her childhood was filled with tough challenges.

她的童年充满了艰难的挑战。

金山词霸

The tough day turned into a grueling trial.

这艰难的一天变成了一场严酷的考验。

金山词霸

Making this tough choice required careful consideration, yet we believe it was the correct one.

做出这个困难的选择需要慎重考虑，但我们相信这是正确的决定。

金山词霸

The election winner must tackle a tough challenge to breathe life into the faltering economy.

选举获胜者必须应对一项艰难挑战，以重振摇摇欲坠的经济。

金山词霸

His resolute position on security matters has gained him broad acclaim due to its tough nature.

他在安全问题上的坚决态度因其强硬本质而为他赢得了广泛赞誉。

金山词霸

Tough measures were implemented by him to monitor the movement of money.

他实施了监控资金流动的严厉措施。

金山词霸

Tough manufacturing tools are frequently equipped with a long-lasting, corrosion-proof diamond coating.

制造业中的坚固工具常配有一层持久、防腐蚀的金刚石涂层。

金山词霸

Hard-shelled dark brown beans with an incredibly tough exterior.

外壳极其坚硬的深棕色豆类。

金山词霸

The steak was as tough as shoe leather, and the peas felt like tiny pebbles when bitten into.

这块牛排像皮鞋一样坚韧，豌豆咬起来感觉像小石子。

金山词霸

The White House remains tough, unwilling to make concessions to guarantee an advantageous agreement.

白宫态度强硬，不愿做出让步以确保有利协议。

金山词霸

真题例句

These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory: those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough times.

出自-2016年6月阅读原文

When I told a group of school children who displayed helpless behavior that a lack of effort led to their mistakes in math, they learned to keep trying when the problems got tough.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Times are so tough that even bosses are taking pay cuts.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

There is, in our view, no real dispute here, we are all seeking the same thing, which is schools that better serve our children and our nation by encouraging students to tackle tough subjects under the guidance of gifted teachers.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

In playgrounds, children create a hierarchy (等级) based on physical abilities, with the tough ones taking the lead.

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

tend to be physically tougher in adulthood

出自-2010年12月阅读原文

After tough workout or a day full of physical activity, it's common to find your muscles aching, but where do these pains come from?

2019年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Banks and car manufacturers are glad for the extra business in tough economic times.

2015年12月四级真题（第一套）听力 Section A

Look, it's a tough decision, but you're running out of time, aren't you?

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section B

Sarina Harper, a 19-year-old student at virginia Tech, was faced with a tough dilemma when she first started college in 2015—pay rent or pay to turn in her chemistry homework.

2018年6月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B

A study by Mannaz, a leadership development company, suggests that, while the bully-boy chief executive of old may not have been eradicated completely, there is a definite shift in emphasis towards less tough styles of management – at least in America and Europe.

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

It is eradicating the tough aspects of management

出自-2011年6月阅读原文

He has a tough problem to solve.

出自-2013年12月听力原文

The actor type works better in tough negotiations.

出自-2012年12月听力原文

Psychologists are finding that hope plays a surprisingly vital role in giving people a measurable advantage in rounds as diverse as academic achievement, bearing up in tough jobs, and coping with tragic illness.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

It has encountered increasingly tougher challenges.

出自-2010年6月听力原文

Because children's brain and behavioral disorders, like hyperactivity and lower grades, can also be linked to social and genetic factors, it's tough to pin them on exposure to specific chemicals with solid 33 statistical evidence, which is what the EPA re

2015年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A

But now, that insurance has run out for him, and he has to make tough choices.

2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C

Extreme conditions produce extremely tough plants.

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

give yourself the resources to be tough by creating internal and external recovery periods.

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

It's tough to quantify how good a person is at remembering.

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section C

The big difference between "drought-tolerant" plants and these tough plants: metabolism.

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

We believe that the longer we tough it out, the tougher we are, and therefore the more successful we will be.

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

We often take a militaristic, "tough" approach to resilience and determination like a Marine pulling himself through the mud, a boxer going one more round, or a football player picking himself up off the ground for one more play.

2018年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

A tough man can tolerate suffering.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

Applying my own rule, I determined to write them in alphabetical, never letting myself leave out a tough idea.

2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

But life must be pretty tough for his family now.

2019年高考英语全国卷I 听力 原文

Researchers should improve their standards, he wrote in2012, but journals should also take a tougher line, “engaging reviewers who are statistically literate and editors who can verify the process”.

出自-2015年考研阅读原文

firms who want to keep their outside directors through tough times may have to create incentives.

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Sometimes it is easy to feel bad because you are going through tough times.

2015年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

That suggests it is in the broader corporate interest to recruit top candidates for increasingly tough jobs.

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

The food industry will be alarmed that such senior doctors back such radical moves, especially the call to use some of the tough tactics that have been deployed against smoking over the last decade.

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Think about how tough it is to get together 15 people, much less 50, who all get along perfectly.

2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Noun

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

Adjective

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. tough to cut or chew

8. unfortunate or hard to bear;

"had hard luck"

"a tough break"