tough
美 [t?f] 
英 [t?f]
- n.惡棍；暴徒；粗暴的人
- adj.艱苦的；艱難的；棘手的；嚴厲的
- v.〈美俚〉忍耐困難
- 網絡困難的；堅韌的；強硬的
詞形變化
比較級：tougher 最高級：toughest 復數：toughs 反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
困難difficult
1. | 艱苦的；艱難的；棘手的having or causing problems or difficulties |
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| It was a tough decision to make. 那是個很難作的決定。 |
| She's been having a tough time of it(= a lot of problems) lately. 她最近的日子一直很難熬。 |
| He faces the toughest test of his leadership so far. 他面臨迄今為止對自己的領導工作最嚴峻的考驗。 |
| It can be tough trying to juggle a career and a family. 要事業家庭兩不誤，有時會很艱難。 |
嚴格；堅定strict/firm
2. | 嚴厲的；強硬的；無情的demanding that particular rules be obeyed and showing a lack of sympathy for any problems or suffering that this may cause |
| Don't be too tough on him─he was only trying to help. 別對他要求過高，他只是想幫忙。 |
| It's about time teachers started to get tough with bullies. 現在教師要對橫行霸道的學生開始采取嚴厲措施了。 |
| The school takes a tough line on(= punishes severely) cheating. 學校對作弊行為的懲罰很嚴厲。 |
強壯strong
3. | 堅強的；健壯的；能吃苦耐勞的；堅韌不拔的strong enough to deal successfully with difficult conditions or situations |
| a tough breed of cattle 耐劣等飼養條件的牛種 |
| He's not tough enough for a career in sales. 他干推銷這一行缺少足夠的韌勁。 |
| She's a tough cookie/customer(= sb who knows what they want and is not easily influenced by other people) . 她是個有主見的人。 |
4. | 彪悍的；粗暴的；粗野的physically strong and likely to be violent |
| You think you're so tough, don't you? 你以為自己夠厲害的，是不是？ |
| He plays the tough guy in the movie. 他在電影中扮演硬漢。 |
肉meat
5. | 難切開的；嚼不爛的；老的difficult to cut or chew |
不易損壞not easily damaged
6. | 堅固的；不易切開（或打破、撕破等）的not easily cut, broken, torn, etc. |
| a tough pair of shoes 一雙結實的鞋子 |
| The reptile's skin is tough and scaly. 這種爬行動物的皮膚堅韌并帶有鱗片。 |
不幸unfortunate
7. |
~ (on sb) 不幸的；倒霉的unfortunate for sb in a way that seems unfair |
| It was tough on her being dropped from the team like that. 她就這樣被隊里刷了下來，真是倒霉。 |
| ‘I can't get it finished in time.’ ‘Tough!(= I don't feel sorry about it.) ’ “我無法按時完成。”“活該倒霉！” |
1. |
粗暴的人；暴徒；惡棍a person who regularly uses violence against other people |
習慣用語
(as) tough as old boots|(as) tough as nails
很強壯；堅韌不拔；雷打不動very strong and able to deal successfully with difficult conditions or situations
鐵石心腸；不為所動not feeling or showing any emotion
tough luck
（表示同情）真不幸，真不走運used to show sympathy for sth unfortunate that has happened to sb
| ‘I failed by one point.’ ‘That's tough luck.’ “我差一分沒及格。”“運氣真不好。” |
（表示并不同情）該你倒霉used to show that you do not feel sorry for sb who has a problem
| ‘If you take the car, I won't be able to go out.’ ‘Tough luck!’ “如果你把車開走，我就出不去了。”“該你倒霉！” |
英漢解釋
adj. | 1. 硬,嚼不動的(肉等);強健的;〈口〉強硬的(政策等) 3. 難辦的,費力的,棘手的(工作等);〈口〉困苦的(命運等) |
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英英解釋
例句
I worry about you facing this tough situation alone but I always pray for you and wish everything goes smoothly.
我很擔心你，你面臨這艱難處境，但我會為你祈禱，希望所有事情順利。
Without it, he said he would have a really tough time, especially when he has to travel outside of Seoul.
他說，沒有GPS的話，他的日子就很不好過，尤其是在他不得不在首爾以外開車的時候。
The commission's instinct seems to be to take a fairly tough stance on intra-bank lending, but its precise views are hazy.
委員會的本意是在銀行間的借貸中扮演一種極其強硬的姿態，不過有關它們更確切的立場尚不清楚。
If I were to win the first set, then second set I would fight and I would try to [win, but] it would be tough anyway.
如果我拿下第一盤，那么第二盤我會力拼并且努力贏下比賽的，但是不管怎樣第二盤都會顯得很困難。
Being the offspring of a legend made her an easy target for high school kids to see how tough she was.
一名傳奇人物的后人，她自然成了高中同學們的靶子，大家都想看看她到底有多厲害。
In fact, the mechanism of outsiders bad, always debating team, is often able to make tough decisions and stick to the team.
實際上，在外人看來機制不良、總是爭論不休的團隊，往往是能夠做出和堅守艱難決策的團隊。
The next few months will be tough, but giving the Civic a decent debut would at least help shore up the brand.
未來幾個月將是艱難的，但新思域也會有一個體面的亮相會，這至少也能讓本田屹立不倒。
Yahoo said its searches showed people trying to cope in tough times. Google said they were even eating differently.
雅虎指出，其搜索內容顯示出了人們努力應對艱難時期。谷歌說，經濟狀況甚至讓大家改變了飲食習慣。
Despite their tough anti-American rhetoric, the government is privately trying to maintain good relations with the U. S.
盡管他們發表強硬的反美言論，政府仍試圖私下與美國保持良好關系。
He beat her as he had beaten snotty smaller kids long ago when he had been a tough teenager in New York's Hell's Kitchen.
他不停地打她，就象他還是紐約地獄的廚房（曼哈頓的貧民窟）里的強壯少年時打討厭的小子們一樣。
Although I realized it would be a tough job to be in charge of scientific and educational work, I volunteered for the post.
我知道科學、教育是難搞的，但是我自告奮勇來抓。
It was tough making ends meet on the island, and many families had to make do with a lot less than what they were used to back in England.
在這個島上，想做到收支平衡是很困難的。許多家庭只好用比過去英國國內還差還少的東西勉強維持生存。
The company is going through a tough time at the moment.
該公司目前正在經歷一段艱難的時間。
And it has wrestled seriously in recent years with the tough question of whether or not to cut off funding when corruption is suspected.
而近年來，它一直與是否切斷資金供應（是在懷疑有腐敗發生時）這一棘手問題做斗爭。
come on! Just a test! thinking about how you get over the tough difficulties in life, exam is just a piece of cake!
加油！只是測試！考試思考你如何克服艱難生活中的困難，就只是一塊蛋糕！
So what prompted Mr Bush to come out with such a tough response against his erstwhile ally, after six days of dithering?
布什在不知所措了6天之后，發出如此強硬的回應，這究竟是什么原因呢？
A tough new Honduran law came into effect on Monday allowing family members to summon the police to stop people smoking at home.
洪都拉斯周一開始已實行一項嚴厲的新法律，家庭成員可召集警察以阻止有人在家吸煙。
Be willing to ask the tough questions and read between the lines of any mixed messages you receive.
要樂于提出尖銳的問題，并從你接收到的混雜信息中解讀出有用的部分。
Second, it's got to be army-laundry tough, withstanding at least 20 washes.
其次，它必須像軍裝一樣禁穿耐磨，要能禁得起至少20次以上的洗滌。
It's simple to transport and easy to set up, and is round tough sound systems for the most discerning of professional users!
很簡單的運輸和易于建立，是圓的強硬聲音系統為最挑剔的專業用戶！
Mr. Thompson was a tough weather-beaten man with stiff black hair and a week's growth of black whiskers.
湯普遜先生是個飽經風霜的壯實漢子，頭發又硬又黑，黑上髭一個星期沒有剃了。
Even if the bank people get tough or impatient, the thing to do is to smile back.
那怕銀行的人態度變得粗暴，或是表示不耐煩，還是要報以微笑。
One unskilled American middle manager observed, "It's tough choreographing a ballet when you've been trained as a boxer. "
一個不熟練的美國中級經理評論說：“當你已經被訓練成拳擊家時，是很難設計芭蕾舞的舞蹈動作的。”
He threw dust into your eyes just like he did in Daisy's, but he was a tough one.
他把你迷惑了，就像他迷惑了黛西一樣，其實他是個心腸狠毒的家伙。
She toiled over the buckets which stood on the hot fire and in which a thick tough mass was bubbling.
她守著烈火上的鐵桶操勞不息，桶里有稠厚的粘糊在突突冒泡。
He was a typical New York tough in 1908.
1908年，他還是一個典型的紐約市頑童。
Life here is pretty rough and sometimes pretty tough.
這兒生活相當苦，而且有時非常艱難。
Mrs. Thatcher is a tough lady.
撒切爾夫人是個堅韌不拔的女人。
But, it's too tough for me.
可是，這對我來說太難了。
That's a tough call.
那是個艱難的決定。
They have a tough job to do.
他們干這活很吃力。
"We have to let the world know we are going to get tough and I pray the President will have the courage to follow through. "
他說：“肯尼迪總統做得對，我們必須讓全世界知道我們會強硬起來，我祈禱總統有勇氣堅持到底。”
Dudes want to appear tough in public, so if you're always sitting on his lap or trying to make out with him, he'll feel uncomfortable.
男人們都希望出現在公眾時很酷，因此，如果你總是坐在他的膝蓋上，他就會感到不舒服。
Two main techniques have been used for training elephants, which we may call respectively the tough and the gentle.
馴象有兩種主要的方法，我們分別稱之為強硬法和溫柔法。
The academic job market was tough and demoralizing, and the rigidity of the academic lifestyle had never appealed to me that much anyway.
想要尋得教職很難，讓人頗為泄氣，而刻板的學術生活從來沒能讓我非常感興趣。
Lolo promptly produced a pair of boxing gloves, as he prepared to teach Berry that he had to be strong to survive in a tough world.
Lolo很快為他做了一副拳擊手套，他要教育Berry，想要在這個嚴酷的世界里生存就一定要強壯。
The games have been a tough act for a nation that has never hosted such a large international event.
此次運動會對一個從未舉辦這樣的國際盛會的國家來說是一件難事。
She was a tough and demanding teacher, but she became mellower in her old age.
她曾是一位要求嚴格的老師，但隨著年齡的增長，她變得更隨和了。
I realized that Twitter was a very nice way to be in touch with your fans as well as inspire people who are going through tough times.
我覺得twitter是與粉絲們保持聯系的一個很好的途徑，而且也很便于鼓勵那些有困難的人們。
but I got to tell you, that is one tough room.
但是我不得不告訴你，那些人很難對付。
"With me and him on the wings, it's going to be tough [for opponents], " Artest said.
“有我和科比在兩翼，這對對手而言很可怕，”阿泰說。
Instead the visit is more of a nice photo opportunity, burnishing the presidential image in the lead-up to a tough election campaign.
相反這次訪問更像是一次塑造好形象的機會，為即將到來的激烈大選再次擦亮一下總統形象。
As you all know, things were a bit rough at the start of this year, but I'm tough & strong!
你們都應該知道，今年一開始就有點不順，但是我很堅強！
It was only after Japan was able to put in place a new system of tough auditing, after all, that its own banking crisis abated.
不過也只有在日本新的嚴格審計體系投入使用后才有可能，畢竟，他們自己的銀行危機也才剛松了口氣而已。
The Celtics guard was able to secure the tough ticket, but he said he's disappointed that his family won't be able to come along.
雖然這位凱爾特人的后衛訂到了令人難以置信的入場券，但是他卻說他很遺憾他的家人不能一起來。
Stay in the best, most liquid stuff at least for a few more years because we've got a really tough road ahead of us.
我們至少還得在最好、最具流動性的資產上呆上幾年，因為未來的道路真的還很艱難。
Getting ready to break a bad habit is tough, and getting in the right mindset to break a habit in just a month is even tougher.
要下決心改掉一個壞習慣很艱難，而要擺好心態在僅僅一個月之內改掉就更艱難了。
Perhaps it would be more apt to call it a "bitter necessity for tough times" or simply, "sensible" .
也許把它叫作“困難時期迫不得已的必需措施”還差不多，或者更簡單點，“明智之舉”。
On iPhone what each individual app will share about you is often quite tough to discern.
用IPhone，你很難辨別哥哥獨立的應用將會共享你的什么信息。
It was a tough race, just as it always is in Monaco and very demanding mentally.
這是一場艱難的比賽，就像往年的摩納哥比賽一樣，它對車手注意力的要求非常高。
Tough can be an alcoholic ready to face rehab or an athlete living in a wheelchair.
頑強可能是一個準備好去戒酒中心的酗酒者，或是一個生活在輪椅上的運動員。
