tough

tough

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).

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[Middle English, from Old English tōh.]

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tough′ly adv.tough′ness n.

tough

(tʌf) adj1. strong or resilient; durable: a tough material. 2. not tender: he could not eat the tough steak. 3. having a great capacity for endurance; hardy and fit: a tough mountaineer. 4. rough or pugnacious: a tough gangster. 5. resolute or intractable: a tough employer. 6. difficult or troublesome to do or deal with: a tough problem. 7. informal unfortunate or unlucky: it's tough on him. na rough, vicious, or pugnacious personadv8. informal violently, aggressively, or intractably: to treat someone tough. 9. hang tough informal to be or appear to be strong or determinedvb (tr) slang to stand firm, hold out against (a difficulty or difficult situation) (esp in tough it out)[Old English tōh; related to Old High German zāhi tough, Old Norse tā trodden ground in front of a house] ˈtoughish adj ˈtoughly adv

tough

(tʌf)

adj. tough•er, tough•est,
adv., n., v. adj. 1. strong and durable; not easily broken or cut. 2. not brittle or tender. 3. difficult to chew: a tough steak. 4. capable of great endurance; sturdy; hardy: tough troops. 5. not easily influenced, as a person; unyielding; stubborn. 6. hardened; incorrigible: a tough criminal. 7. difficult to perform, accomplish, or deal with. 8. hard to bear or endure (often used ironically): tough luck. 9. vigorous; severe; violent: a tough struggle. 10. vicious; rough; rowdy: a tough neighborhood. 11. Slang. remarkably excellent; first-rate; great. adv. 12. in a tough manner. n. 13. a ruffian; rowdy. v. 14. tough it out, Informal. to endure or resist hardship or adversity. Idiom. [before 900; Middle English; Old English tōh, c. Middle Low German tā, Old High German zah] tough′ly, adv. tough′ness, n.

tough

Past participle: toughed
Gerund: toughing

Imperative
tough
tough

Present
I tough
you tough
he/she/it toughs
we tough
you tough
they tough

Preterite
I toughed
you toughed
he/she/it toughed
we toughed
you toughed
they toughed

Present Continuous
I am toughing
you are toughing
he/she/it is toughing
we are toughing
you are toughing
they are toughing

Present Perfect
I have toughed
you have toughed
he/she/it has toughed
we have toughed
you have toughed
they have toughed

Past Continuous
I was toughing
you were toughing
he/she/it was toughing
we were toughing
you were toughing
they were toughing

Past Perfect
I had toughed
you had toughed
he/she/it had toughed
we had toughed
you had toughed
they had toughed

Future
I will tough
you will tough
he/she/it will tough
we will tough
you will tough
they will tough

Future Perfect
I will have toughed
you will have toughed
he/she/it will have toughed
we will have toughed
you will have toughed
they will have toughed

Future Continuous
I will be toughing
you will be toughing
he/she/it will be toughing
we will be toughing
you will be toughing
they will be toughing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been toughing
you have been toughing
he/she/it has been toughing
we have been toughing
you have been toughing
they have been toughing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been toughing
you will have been toughing
he/she/it will have been toughing
we will have been toughing
you will have been toughing
they will have been toughing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been toughing
you had been toughing
he/she/it had been toughing
we had been toughing
you had been toughing
they had been toughing

Conditional
I would tough
you would tough
he/she/it would tough
we would tough
you would tough
they would tough

Past Conditional
I would have toughed
you would have toughed
he/she/it would have toughed
we would have toughed
you would have toughed
they would have toughed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tough - someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxingstreet fighterbattler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper - someone who fights (or is fighting)
	2.	tough - an aggressive and violent young criminalhood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, toughie, goonbully - a hired thugcriminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
	3.	tough - a cruel and brutal fellow bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yoboaggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacksbullyboy - a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political factionmuscleman, muscle - a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard; "the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him"skinhead - a young person who belongs to a British or American group that shave their heads and gather at rock concerts or engage in white supremacist demonstrationsplug-ugly, tough guy - someone who bullies weaker people
Adj.	1.	tough - not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"hard - dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer";insensitive - deficient in human sensibility; not mentally or morally sensitive; "insensitive to the needs of the patients"tender - given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"
	2.	tough - very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution; "a rugged competitive examination"; "the rugged conditions of frontier life"; "the competition was tough"; "it's a tough life"; "it was a tough job"ruggeddifficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"
	3.	tough - physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"toughenedrugged - sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"experienced, experient - having experience; having knowledge or skill from observation or participationstrong - having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"untoughened, tender - physically untoughened; "tender feet"
	4.	tough - substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"sturdyrugged - sturdy and strong in constitution or construction; enduring; "with a house full of boys you have to have rugged furniture"
	5.	tough - violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs"ruffianlyviolent - acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage"; "felt a violent dislike"
	6.	tough - feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night"badcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechuncomfortable - providing or experiencing physical discomfort; "an uncomfortable chair"; "an uncomfortable day in the hot sun"
	7.	tough - resistant to cutting or chewinginedible, uneatable - not suitable for foodtender - easy to cut or chew; "tender beef"
	8.	tough - unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"hardbad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
	9.	tough - making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, elusivedifficult, hard - not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?"

tough

adjective1. strong, determined, aggressive, high-powered, feisty (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), hard-nosed (informal), self-confident, unyielding, carnivorous (informal), hard as nails, self-assertive, badass (slang, chiefly U.S.) She is tough and ambitious.
strong soft, weak, delicate2. hardy, strong, seasoned, fit, strapping, hardened, vigorous, sturdy, stout, stalwart, resilient, brawny, hard as nails He's small, but he's tough, and I expect him to do well in the match.3. violent, rough, vicious, ruthless, pugnacious, hard-bitten, ruffianly, badass (slang, chiefly U.S.) He shot three people, earning his reputation as a tough guy.4. rough, wild, criminal, violent, lawless, badass (slang, chiefly U.S.) She doesn't seem to be cut out for this tough neighbourhood.
rough soft, gentle, tender, humane, civilized5. harsh, hard, awful, grim, unpleasant, bleak, austere, spartan, straitened She had a pretty tough childhood.6. strict, severe, stern, hard, firm, exacting, adamant, resolute, draconian, intractable, inflexible, merciless, unforgiving, unyielding, unbending He announced tough measures to limit the money supply.
strict easy, soft, flexible, mild, accommodating, benign, humane, compassionate, indulgent, lenient, merciful7. hard, difficult, exhausting, troublesome, uphill, strenuous, arduous, thorny, laborious, irksome Whoever wins the election is going to have a tough job.8. difficult, hard, puzzling, baffling, troublesome, perplexing, thorny, knotty It was a tough decision but I think we made the right one.
difficult easy, easy-peasy (slang)9. resilient, hard, resistant, durable, strong, firm, solid, stiff, rigid, rugged, sturdy, inflexible, cohesive, tenacious, leathery, hard-wearing, robust tough leather boots and trousers
resilient delicate, soft, weak, tender, flexible, fragile, flimsy10. chewy, fibrous, leathery, stringy, sinewy, gristly The steak was tough and the peas were like bullets.noun1. ruffian, heavy (slang), rough (informal), bully, thug, hooligan, brute, rowdy, bravo, bully boy, bruiser (informal), roughneck (slang), boot boy, tsotsi (S. African) Three burly toughs elbowed their way to the front.

tough

adjective1. Physically toughened so as to have great endurance:hard, hard-bitten, hard-handed, hardy, rugged.Idiom: hard as nails.2. Capable of exerting considerable effort or of withstanding considerable stress or hardship:hardy, stalwart, stout, strong, sturdy.3. Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength:arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, exigent, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, trying, weighty.4. Not easy to do, achieve, or master:arduous, difficult, hard, laborious, serious, tall, uphill.5. Marked by vigorous physical exertion:knockabout, rough, rough-and-tumble, rugged, strenuous.6. Rigorous and unsparing in treating others:demanding, exacting, hard, harsh, rigid, severe, stern, strict, unyielding.7. Indicating or possessing determination, resolution, or persistence:constant, determined, firm, resolute, steadfast, steady, stiff, unbending, uncompromising, unflinching, unwavering, unyielding.noun1. A rough, violent person who engages in destructive actions:hoodlum, mug, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian.Informal: toughie.Slang: hood, punk.2. A person who treats others violently and roughly, especially for hire:hoodlum, ruffian, thug.Informal: hooligan.Slang: goon, gorilla, hood.phrasal verb
tough outSlang. To carry on through despite hardships:endure.Slang: sweat out.

Translations

不易磨损的咬不动的坚强的坚韧的强硬的

tough

(taf) adjective1. strong; not easily broken, worn out etc. Plastic is a tough material. 強韌的，不易磨損的 坚韧的，不易磨损的 2. (of food etc) difficult to chew. 嚼不動的 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. 堅強的，能吃苦耐勞的 坚强的，能吃苦耐劳的 4. rough and violent. It's a tough neighbourhood. 粗暴的 粗暴的5. difficult to deal with or overcome. a tough problem; The competition was really tough. 難處理的，難克服的 难对付的 noun a rough, violent person; a bully. 惡棍，暴徒 恶棍ˈtoughness noun 強韌 坚强，韧性 ˈtoughen verb to make or become tough. 使強韌，變強韌 （使）坚强 tough luck bad luck. That was tough luck. 運氣不好 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. 拒絕向某人妥協 对某人强硬起来

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