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  1. harshen

    • IPA[ˈhɑːʃ(ə)n]

    英式

    • v.
      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
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    • IPA[ˈhärSH(ə)n]

    美式

    • v.
      make unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses: “Right,” I said, harshening my tone

    Oxford American Dictionary