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T0288400 (tŭf)adj. tough·er, tough·est 1. Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient: a tough all-weather fabric.2. Hard to cut or chew: tough meat.3. a. Physically hardy; rugged: tough mountaineers; a tough cop.b. Strong-minded; resolute: a tough negotiator.4. a. Aggressive; pugnacious.b. Inclined to violent or disruptive behavior; rowdy or rough: a tough street group.5. a. Difficult to endure; severe; harsh: a tough winter.b. Trying or unpleasant: had a tough day.c. Difficult to deal with; demanding or troubling: It's tough to go to school and work a full-time job. The exam had many tough questions.d. Informal Unfortunate; too bad: It was a tough break to get sick on the day of the concert.6. Slang Fine; great.n. A violent or rowdy person; a hoodlum or thug.Idioms: that's tough Used to indicate recalcitrance or noncompliance with a complaint or demand. tough it out Slang To get through despite hardship; endure: "It helps if one was raised to tough it out" (Gail Sheehy).

[Middle English, from Old English tōh.]

tough′ly adv.tough′ness n.

toughness

(ˈtʌfnɪs) n1. the quality or an instance of being tough2. (Metallurgy) metallurgy the ability of a metal to withstand repeated twisting and bending, measured by the energy in kilojoules needed to break it. See brittleness², softness²

Toughness

Babies you about as much as Perry White babies Clark Kent —Peter H. Lewis describing a tough-to-master computer program, New York Times, 1985
(The man is as) hard as a cash register —Dialogue, “Miami Vice” television drama, broadcast January 7, 1986
(She can be) hard as a mineral —Philip Roth
The “Hard as a mineral” lady is the mother of Nathan Zuckerman, hero of several Roth novels.
Hard as flint —Larry McMurtry
Hard as my fist —Tennessee Williams
Hard as a tortoise-shell —John Galsworthy
Hardboiled as a picnic egg —Edward E. Paramore
Resilient and tenacious as an amoeba —Natascha Wodin
She’s [Genevieve Bujold] tough as a little green apple —Rex Reed
Tough and leathery as a jockey —John Mortimer
Tough and shrill as an old bird —H.E. Bates
Tough and hard-boiled as an Easter egg —Anon
Tough as a black oak —Dee Brown
Tough as a bone —W. S. Gilbert
Tough as a fast food steak —Tim McCarver, describing baseball player Dave Parker on television, January, 1987
Tough as a kibbutz woman —T. Coraghessan Boyle
(She was short and fat,) tough as a monkey —Rudolf Nassauer
Tough as an elephant’s hide —Calder Willingham
(He was as) tough as a resistant bacterium —Patrick Suskind
Tough as a stale bagel —Anon
(Memories as) tough as a thorn —Babette Deutsch
Tough as boiled owls —Hubert H. Humphrey on his opponent for presidential election
(She’s big as a damned barn and) tough as knife metal —Ken Kesey
Tough as marshmallows —Anon, Forbes, March 23, 1987
The simile was used as a blurb to introduce an article about the government sounding tough but not following through.
(She was) a tough lady, like a military jeep rolling from place to place on thick tires —Harvey Jacobs
(She’s as) tough as old boots —Mary Bridgman
Around since 1870. A popular variant: “Tough as old shoe leather.”
Tough as seaweed —Linda Pastan
Tough as teak —Bryan Forbes
Tough as tire treads —Lynn Haney
The person being compared to tire treads is the late Edith Piaf.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	toughness - enduring strength and energy stamina, staying powerendurance - the power to withstand hardship or stress; "the marathon tests a runner's endurance"legs - staying power; "that old Broadway play really has legs"
	2.	toughness - the property of being big and stronghuskiness, ruggednessstrength - the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength"
	3.	toughness - the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before crackingtemperelasticity, snap - the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed; "the waistband had lost its snap"
	4.	toughness - impressive difficulty formidabilitydifficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"

toughness

noun1. The fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing:austerity, hardness, harshness, rigidity, rigor, rigorousness, severity, sternness, strictness, stringency.2. Unwavering firmness of character, action, or will:decidedness, decision, decisiveness, determination, firmness, purpose, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, will, willpower.

Translations

坚强韧性

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(taf) adjective1. strong; not easily broken, worn out etc. Plastic is a tough material. 坚韧的，不易磨损的 2. (of food etc) difficult to chew. 咬不动的3. (of people) strong; able to bear hardship, illness etc. She must be tough to have survived such a serious illness. 坚强的，能吃苦耐劳的 4. rough and violent. It's a tough neighbourhood.粗暴的5. difficult to deal with or overcome. a tough problem; The competition was really tough.难对付的 noun a rough, violent person; a bully. 恶棍ˈtoughness noun 坚强，韧性 ˈtoughen verb to make or become tough. （使）坚强 tough luck bad luck. That was tough luck.运气不佳get tough with (someone) to deal forcefully with or refuse to yield to (a person). When he started to argue, I got tough with him.对某人强硬起来

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noun the fact or condition of being rigorous and unsparing

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noun unwavering firmness of character, action, or will

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noun the property of being big and strong

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noun the elasticity and hardness of a metal object

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