tough
美 [tʌf] 
英 [tʌf]
- n.恶棍；暴徒；粗暴的人
- adj.艰苦的；艰难的；棘手的；严厉的
- v.〈美俚〉忍耐困难
- 网络困难的；坚韧的；强硬的
词形变化
比较级：tougher 最高级：toughest 复数：toughs 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
困难difficult
1. | 艰苦的；艰难的；棘手的having or causing problems or difficulties |
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| It was a tough decision to make. 那是个很难作的决定。 |
| She's been having a tough time of it(= a lot of problems) lately. 她最近的日子一直很难熬。 |
| He faces the toughest test of his leadership so far. 他面临迄今为止对自己的领导工作最严峻的考验。 |
| It can be tough trying to juggle a career and a family. 要事业家庭两不误，有时会很艰难。 |
严格；坚定strict/firm
2. | 严厉的；强硬的；无情的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. 别对他要求过高，他只是想帮忙。 |
| It's about time teachers started to get tough with bullies. 现在教师要对横行霸道的学生开始采取严厉措施了。 |
| The school takes a tough line on(= punishes severely) cheating. 学校对作弊行为的惩罚很严厉。 |
强壮strong
3. | 坚强的；健壮的；能吃苦耐劳的；坚韧不拔的strong enough to deal successfully with difficult conditions or situations |
| a tough breed of cattle 耐劣等饲养条件的牛种 |
| He's not tough enough for a career in sales. 他干推销这一行缺少足够的韧劲。 |
| She's a tough cookie/customer(= sb who knows what they want and is not easily influenced by other people) . 她是个有主见的人。 |
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? 你以为自己够厉害的，是不是？ |
| He plays the tough guy in the movie. 他在电影中扮演硬汉。 |
肉meat
5. | 难切开的；嚼不烂的；老的difficult to cut or chew |
不易损坏not easily damaged
6. | 坚固的；不易切开（或打破、撕破等）的not easily cut, broken, torn, etc. |
| a tough pair of shoes 一双结实的鞋子 |
| The reptile's skin is tough and scaly. 这种爬行动物的皮肤坚韧并带有鳞片。 |
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. 她就这样被队里刷了下来，真是倒霉。 |
| ‘I can't get it finished in time.’ ‘Tough!(= I don't feel sorry about it.) ’ “我无法按时完成。”“活该倒霉！” |
1. |
粗暴的人；暴徒；恶棍a person who regularly uses violence against other people |
习惯用语
(as) tough as old boots|(as) tough as nails
很强壮；坚韧不拔；雷打不动very strong and able to deal successfully with difficult conditions or situations
铁石心肠；不为所动not feeling or showing any emotion
tough luck
（表示同情）真不幸，真不走运used to show sympathy for sth unfortunate that has happened to sb
| ‘I failed by one point.’ ‘That's tough luck.’ “我差一分没及格。”“运气真不好。” |
（表示并不同情）该你倒霉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!’ “如果你把车开走，我就出不去了。”“该你倒霉！” |
英汉解释
adj. | 1. 硬,嚼不动的(肉等);强健的;〈口〉强硬的(政策等) 3. 难办的,费力的,棘手的(工作等);〈口〉困苦的(命运等) |
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英英解释
例句
I worry about you facing this tough situation alone but I always pray for you and wish everything goes smoothly.
我很担心你，你面临这艰难处境，但我会为你祈祷，希望所有事情顺利。
Without it, he said he would have a really tough time, especially when he has to travel outside of Seoul.
他说，没有GPS的话，他的日子就很不好过，尤其是在他不得不在首尔以外开车的时候。
The commission's instinct seems to be to take a fairly tough stance on intra-bank lending, but its precise views are hazy.
委员会的本意是在银行间的借贷中扮演一种极其强硬的姿态，不过有关它们更确切的立场尚不清楚。
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.
如果我拿下第一盘，那么第二盘我会力拼并且努力赢下比赛的，但是不管怎样第二盘都会显得很困难。
Being the offspring of a legend made her an easy target for high school kids to see how tough she was.
一名传奇人物的后人，她自然成了高中同学们的靶子，大家都想看看她到底有多厉害。
In fact, the mechanism of outsiders bad, always debating team, is often able to make tough decisions and stick to the team.
实际上，在外人看来机制不良、总是争论不休的团队，往往是能够做出和坚守艰难决策的团队。
The next few months will be tough, but giving the Civic a decent debut would at least help shore up the brand.
未来几个月将是艰难的，但新思域也会有一个体面的亮相会，这至少也能让本田屹立不倒。
Yahoo said its searches showed people trying to cope in tough times. Google said they were even eating differently.
雅虎指出，其搜索内容显示出了人们努力应对艰难时期。谷歌说，经济状况甚至让大家改变了饮食习惯。
Despite their tough anti-American rhetoric, the government is privately trying to maintain good relations with the U. S.
尽管他们发表强硬的反美言论，政府仍试图私下与美国保持良好关系。
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，就象他还是纽约地狱的厨房（曼哈顿的贫民窟）里的强壮少年时打讨厌的小子们一样。
Although I realized it would be a tough job to be in charge of scientific and educational work, I volunteered for the post.
我知道科学、教育是难搞的，但是我自告奋勇来抓。
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.
在这个岛上，想做到收支平衡是很困难的。许多家庭只好用比过去英国国内还差还少的东西勉强维持生存。
The company is going through a tough time at the moment.
该公司目前正在经历一段艰难的时间。
And it has wrestled seriously in recent years with the tough question of whether or not to cut off funding when corruption is suspected.
而近年来，它一直与是否切断资金供应（是在怀疑有腐败发生时）这一棘手问题做斗争。
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！只是测试！考试思考你如何克服艰难生活中的困难，就只是一块蛋糕！
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，发出如此强硬的回应，这究竟是什么原因呢？
A tough new Honduran law came into effect on Monday allowing family members to summon the police to stop people smoking at home.
洪都拉斯周一开始已实行一项严厉的新法律，家庭成员可召集警察以阻止有人在家吸烟。
Be willing to ask the tough questions and read between the lines of any mixed messages you receive.
要乐于提出尖锐的问题，并从你接收到的混杂信息中解读出有用的部分。
Second, it's got to be army-laundry tough, withstanding at least 20 washes.
其次，它必须像军装一样禁穿耐磨，要能禁得起至少20次以上的洗涤。
It's simple to transport and easy to set up, and is round tough sound systems for the most discerning of professional users!
很简单的运输和易于建立，是圆的强硬声音系统为最挑剔的专业用户！
Mr. Thompson was a tough weather-beaten man with stiff black hair and a week's growth of black whiskers.
汤普逊先生是个饱经风霜的壮实汉子，头发又硬又黑，黑上髭一个星期没有剃了。
Even if the bank people get tough or impatient, the thing to do is to smile back.
那怕银行的人态度变得粗暴，或是表示不耐烦，还是要报以微笑。
One unskilled American middle manager observed, "It's tough choreographing a ballet when you've been trained as a boxer. "
一个不熟练的美国中级经理评论说：“当你已经被训练成拳击家时，是很难设计芭蕾舞的舞蹈动作的。”
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样，其实他是个心肠狠毒的家伙。
She toiled over the buckets which stood on the hot fire and in which a thick tough mass was bubbling.
她守着烈火上的铁桶操劳不息，桶里有稠厚的粘糊在突突冒泡。
He was a typical New York tough in 1908.
1908年，他还是一个典型的纽约市顽童。
Life here is pretty rough and sometimes pretty tough.
这儿生活相当苦，而且有时非常艰难。
Mrs. Thatcher is a tough lady.
撒切尔夫人是个坚韧不拔的女人。
But, it's too tough for me.
可是，这对我来说太难了。
That's a tough call.
那是个艰难的决定。
They have a tough job to do.
他们干这活很吃力。
"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. "
他说：“肯尼迪总统做得对，我们必须让全世界知道我们会强硬起来，我祈祷总统有勇气坚持到底。”
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.
男人们都希望出现在公众时很酷，因此，如果你总是坐在他的膝盖上，他就会感到不舒服。
Two main techniques have been used for training elephants, which we may call respectively the tough and the gentle.
驯象有两种主要的方法，我们分别称之为强硬法和温柔法。
The academic job market was tough and demoralizing, and the rigidity of the academic lifestyle had never appealed to me that much anyway.
想要寻得教职很难，让人颇为泄气，而刻板的学术生活从来没能让我非常感兴趣。
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很快为他做了一副拳击手套，他要教育Berry，想要在这个严酷的世界里生存就一定要强壮。
The games have been a tough act for a nation that has never hosted such a large international event.
此次运动会对一个从未举办这样的国际盛会的国家来说是一件难事。
She was a tough and demanding teacher, but she became mellower in her old age.
她曾是一位要求严格的老师，但随着年龄的增长，她变得更随和了。
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.
我觉得twitter是与粉丝们保持联系的一个很好的途径，而且也很便于鼓励那些有困难的人们。
but I got to tell you, that is one tough room.
但是我不得不告诉你，那些人很难对付。
"With me and him on the wings, it's going to be tough [for opponents], " Artest said.
“有我和科比在两翼，这对对手而言很可怕，”阿泰说。
Instead the visit is more of a nice photo opportunity, burnishing the presidential image in the lead-up to a tough election campaign.
相反这次访问更像是一次塑造好形象的机会，为即将到来的激烈大选再次擦亮一下总统形象。
As you all know, things were a bit rough at the start of this year, but I'm tough & strong!
你们都应该知道，今年一开始就有点不顺，但是我很坚强！
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.
不过也只有在日本新的严格审计体系投入使用后才有可能，毕竟，他们自己的银行危机也才刚松了口气而已。
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.
虽然这位凯尔特人的后卫订到了令人难以置信的入场券，但是他却说他很遗憾他的家人不能一起来。
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.
我们至少还得在最好、最具流动性的资产上呆上几年，因为未来的道路真的还很艰难。
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.
要下决心改掉一个坏习惯很艰难，而要摆好心态在仅仅一个月之内改掉就更艰难了。
Perhaps it would be more apt to call it a "bitter necessity for tough times" or simply, "sensible" .
也许把它叫作“困难时期迫不得已的必需措施”还差不多，或者更简单点，“明智之举”。
On iPhone what each individual app will share about you is often quite tough to discern.
用IPhone，你很难辨别哥哥独立的应用将会共享你的什么信息。
It was a tough race, just as it always is in Monaco and very demanding mentally.
这是一场艰难的比赛，就像往年的摩纳哥比赛一样，它对车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.
顽强可能是一个准备好去戒酒中心的酗酒者，或是一个生活在轮椅上的运动员。
