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  3. /indurate

indurate

🇬🇧 UK/'indjureit/🇺🇸 US
GREB2

Definitions

v.

To harden physically or emotionally; to make callous or unfeeling.

使硬化;使变得冷酷无情

adj.

Hardened; obstinate or callous.

硬化的;顽固的;冷酷的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
+
durhard, lasting, endure
+
ateto make, having
=indurate

Common Collocations

  • 1.indurate the heart使心变冷
  • 2.become indurated变得冷酷

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His years of disappointment had indurated his heart.

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