toughest
美 [tʌf] 
英 [tʌf]
- n.恶棍；暴徒；粗暴的人；无赖
- adj.嚼不动的(肉等)；强健的；〈口〉强硬的(政策等)；坚强的；艰苦的；艰难的；棘手的；严厉的
- v.〈美俚〉忍耐困难；〈美俚〉忍耐困难
- 网络严格；最强大的敌人；最具挑战性的
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
Secure knowing that he had already mastered one of the toughest topics in the course, the teen went on to do well in the class.
在确认自己已经掌握了代数课程中最艰深的章节后，这位少年后来的学习一直都不错。
As a negotiator, he left the toughest lawyers in the dust, and yet for years he had been fascinated by Zen Buddhism.
作为一位谈判者，他的辩才令那些最牛的律师望尘莫及，但另一方面他曾多年痴迷于禅宗。
But the toughest condemnation, in the form of a Security-Council resolution, needs China's support, or at least abstention.
但是以联合国安理会决议形式发布的最严厉的制裁必须得到中国的支持，或至少弃权。
But even when conditions were the toughest, the community still had confidence in the link and there was no panic selling of our currency.
但即使在最困难的阶段，市民仍然对联汇制度显示信心，并无抛售港元。
The International Air Transport Association says 2009 is shaping up to be one of the toughest years the airline industry has ever faced.
国际航空运输协会说，2009年看来将会成为世界航空业有史以来面对的最为困难的年度之一。
We needed it, for the last leg was the toughest of all: the Nullarbor Plain, which stretches across the south of the country.
我们需要这么做，因为我们最后一段路程是最艰难的，那就是绵延在澳大利亚南部的纳拉伯平原。
So the bumpiness , the rising high altitude, and the long duration of these two things made this short distance of the road the toughest.
崎岖不平的道路，逐步升高的海拔，和很长的持续时间使这段路程成为了最艰难的一段。
As you begin to feel loose and ready to race, visualize yourself running fast, particularly over the toughest portions of the course.
当你开始感到松弛和做好比赛准备的时候，想象一下你跑得很快的时候，尤其是你比赛最紧张的那个阶段。
Singletons, whether unmarried or divorced, are able to sign up for the roughest, toughest unaccompanied positions.
单身者，无论未婚或离异，都能够签约获得那些最难熬、最艰苦的无伴从职位。
The shakeup reflects the sense of crisis within Toyota as it navigates one of the toughest periods in its 70-year history.
这一管理层调整反映出了丰田汽车内部的危机感，这家公司正面临着70年历史上最为艰难的时期。
When he made it 2, 655 miles to Canada, what should have been one of his best days was one of his toughest.
当他走完了2655英里到达了加拿大，那本来是他最好的日子却成了最艰难的日子。
We've just played the toughest team in Group C, a team who got to the final of the Confederations Cup, and were a right banana skin.
我们刚和C组里最厉害的球队踢过球，一个能进入联合会杯决赛的球队，这可真是件麻烦事。
The toughest part of working with XML is often just knowing which tool is best for a specific application.
使用XML时最困难的部分通常就是了解哪个工具最适合于某个特定的应用程序。
It was one of the toughest races of the season, but I think with everything that happened, this was the best result we could get.
这是赛季中最艰难的比赛之一，但我认为，考虑到任何可能发生的事，这已经是我们能获得的最好成绩了。
Negroponte ' s remark linking the Janjaweed with the Sudanese government is one of the toughest accusations ever to come out of Washington.
Negroponte将苏丹政府与Janjaweed联系在一起的评论，可以说是华盛顿有史以来发出的最严厉的控诉之一。
With 1. 3 billion people like this, able to grind out the toughest and most grim situations, no wonder they will be the next super power.
13亿人同样如此，能机械地坚韧近乎冷酷地面对这种情况，所以无怪乎他们是一个超级大国。
Mr. Davis said he is now preparing "one of the toughest budget plans ever presented" .
戴维斯先生说，他目前正在准备的预算是“有史以来所提交的最艰难的预算案之一”。
The Iron Runoff was a bit of a struggle at first and the toughest set of races for me so far in Forza 2.
当你第一次参加铁之竞赛时，会有点吃力，对我来说这是极限竞速二中最困难的部份了。
because he is prepared to put in a shift up front on his own against some of the best - and toughest - defenders in the world.
因为他一直准备在一些最好的以及最坚韧的防守面前给自己的进攻加速？（意思是展现出更强的冲击力？）
Dancers and choreographers seem to have the toughest time of it, earning the worst pay and with the least education.
舞蹈演员和舞蹈指导似乎受时局影响最大。在各类艺术家中，他们挣钱最少，受教育水平也最低。
The recent excitement that this problem had been cracked has since evaporated and it remains one of the toughest on the mathematical books.
攻克这个难题的开心很快就消失了，而也在数学书上留下了最难得题目之一。
Honestly, learning to delegate was one of the toughest challenges I face upon becoming a manager for the first time.
老实说，学习委派是我第一次当经理时面对的最严峻的挑战。
Probably one of the toughest cases that our unit has faced was the Unabomber case. 16 devices, 17 years of investigation.
本组碰到过的最棘手的案子可能就是大学炸弹客案件。16个炸弹，17年的调查。
That might be so, but we believe the first 30 days is perhaps the toughest and most important part of any life changing challenge.
或许如此，但我们相信，如果把改变生活习惯看成一次挑战，最初的30天应该是最艰难和最重要的。
Students at community and technical colleges, especially institutions that are for-profit, are having the toughest time of it.
社区大学和专科学院的学生，尤其是那些以赢利为目的学校的学生，日子最不好过。
Admitting failure was the toughest part - but I had to before I could get on with my life.
承认失败是最难的事，但为了生活下去必须承认这一点。
Joe Arpaio, nicknamed "America's toughest sheriff" , is a strong proponent of a crackdown against illegal immigrants.
JoeArpaio外号“最强硬的美国司法长官”，坚决主张取缔非法移民。
living away form home tends to be zhe toughest adjustment for first-year students.
离开家的居住形式往往将会是最难为一年级学生的调整。
Taking that first step is often the toughest.
作第一步的时候往往是最困难的。
But near the top is perhaps one of the toughest characteristics to gauge in advance in the search for the perfect partner.
但接近榜首的可能是一个在寻找完美伴侣时最难预测的特征。
Estimating up-front and operational capital needs is one of the toughest challenges for a budding entrepreneur.
对创业新手来说，预估启动和运营资金是最棘手的挑战之一。
However, the exciting thing about the emerging world at the moment is a prevailing belief that even the toughest problems can be solved.
然而，在新兴世界令人兴奋的是当下他们普遍的信仰是认为无论多么棘手的问题都能被攻破。
The toughest challenge for me personally was that I found the home screen a tad too busy.
对于我来说，最恶心的就是我的手机主界面有点太忙了。
All I had been told since I became pregnant was to prepare myself for the toughest job of my life.
从怀孕起，就不断有人“警告”我要准备迎接人生中最为艰难的工作。
Harry Truman, who made some of the toughest decisions of any president, overcame business failure.
在美国总统之中，哈里-杜鲁门，作过不少最艰难的决定，他就曾经克服过生意上的失败。
It was the toughest first-round match we've ever played and possibly the longest in terms of time.
这是我们打过的最艰辛的首轮比赛了，MS还是时间最长的。
It was the military's toughest response yet to a series of violent clashes between the two religious groups.
这是军事上最棘手的反应还没有一两个宗教之间的暴力冲突组系列。
What looks like the toughest part of this project is actually the easiest-the graceful, solid-looking columns.
什么看起来象这个项目的最坚韧的部分，实际上是最简单的--优美、结实的围栏。
The non-corrosive construction of the AFO cylinder body is reliable in abrasive environments, able to withstand the toughest conditions.
在非踝足矫形器缸体腐蚀建设是可靠的研磨环境，能够经受最艰难的条件。
Perhaps the toughest decision was to shift the company's semiconductor technology.
最艰难的决策可能是转变该公司的半导体技术。
