hardened

Word family  noun hardship hardness hardiness adjective hard hardened hardy verb harden adverb hard hardly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hard·ened /ˈhɑːdnd $ ˈhɑːr-/ adjective  1. hardened criminal/police officer etc EXPERIENCEDa criminal, police officer etc who has had a lot of experience of things that are shocking and is therefore less affected by them 惯犯/老练的警察等2. become hardened (to something) USED TO/ACCUSTOMED TOto become used to something shocking because you have seen it many times (对某事)变得麻木[无动于衷]

Examples from the Corpus

hardened• Unlike many other adventures, Rex gives you three levels of difficulty to suit both amateurs and hardened adventures.• As a rule, even the more hardened cases respond to authority when they realise the game is up.• Even the most hardened criminal would have been shocked by the brutality of the crime.• Even the hardened expert will find something which illuminates in an original way some concept he has long taken for granted.• An inverted, pirouetting helicopter can make even the most hardened flyer turn into a quivering jelly!• Hardened foes of abortion are unlikely to be persuaded by her arguments.• Cancun is not for hardened travellers.

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hardened
hard‧ened /ˈhɑːdnd $ ˈhɑːr-/ adjective1. hardened criminal/police officer etc a criminal, police officer etc who has had a lot of experience of things that are shocking and is therefore less affected by them
2. become hardened (to something) to become used to something shocking because you have seen it many times