tougher

第三人称单数：

动词第三人称单数: toughens

更多词形：

名词: toughener | 动词过去式: toughened | 动词过去分词: toughened | 动词现在分词: toughening | 动词第三人称单数: toughens |

单词例句：

Like Mr.Perot, the77-year-old Mr.Chung is campaigning on a platform that the country's current leadership has run the economy into the ground, though it is a tough argument in South Korea, where economic growth this year is running at more than7 percent.

像佩罗先生一样，77岁的郑先生的竞选口号是：目前国家领导操之过急把经济搞得一塌糊涂。不过在南韩这种说法难以成立——该国本年经济增长超过百分之七。

You need to be tough to survive in the jungle.

要在丛林中活下来就要有坚忍不拔的意志。

The company faces tough competition.

这家公司面临着艰难的竞争。

She's a tough nut to crack; I don't think she'll give us permission.

她这个人不好说话，我想她不会答应我们的。

We won the contract but only through a lot of tough negotiating.

我们赢得了合同，但是却经过了多次不屈不挠的谈判才达到目的。

He was the tough guy, the big shot, who gave orders with the crack of a whip.

他是个威风凛凛发号施令的强悍的家伙，是个大人物。

Now he was a tough cookie! At bridge table or a chess board, at a word game-the psychological pressure he put on you to lose was usually irresistible.

现在他已是个难以对抗的强手。在手桥牌，下棋，做字谜游戏时，他在你心理上给你施加的输定了的压力通常是无法抵御的。

Isn't the meat a trifle tough?

这肉有点老吧?

Fielded tough questions from the press.

即席回答新闻界所提出的尖锐问题