搜尋結果
harshen
- IPA[ˈhɑːʃ(ə)n]
英式
- make unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses;make or become more cruel or severe
verb: harshen, 3rd person present: harshens, gerund or present participle: harshening, past tense: harshened, past participle: harshened
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. make unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses ‘Right,’ I said, harshening my tone
- 2. make or become more cruel or severe legislation that will harshen sentences for petty crimes his words harshened, admonishing those who live a double life
- ▪ (of a climate or conditions) become more difficult to survive in rivers run dry, climate harshens and pollution spreads
- ▪ have an undesirably strong effect on the atmosphere harshens colour
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈhärSH(ə)n]
美式
- make unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses: “Right,” I said, harshening my tone
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