1.艰苦的；艰难的；棘手的having or causing problems or difficulties
a tough childhood苦难的童年
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。
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。
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。
5.难切开的；嚼不烂的；老的difficult to cut or chew
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。
7.(informal)~ (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！”
‘I failed by one point.’ ‘That's tough luck.’“我差一分没及格。”“运气真不好。”
‘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！”
‘I failed by one point.’ ‘That's tough luck.’“我差一分没及格。”“运气真不好。”
‘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！”
1.(informal)粗暴的人；暴徒；恶棍a person who regularly uses violence against other people
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！
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