1. 形容詞
   剛強的, 堅強的
   不屈不撓的
   堅韌的
   (指堅韌、牢固)強硬的
   結實的, 強壯的
   逞兇鬥狠的, 好勇鬥狠的
   固執的, 頑固的
   牢固的
   折不斷的
   費勁的
   

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   同義字詞
   chewy,leathery
   cast-iron,hard,hard-bitten,hardened,hardy,inured,rugged,stout,strong,sturdy,toughened,vigorous
   bitter,brutal,burdensome,cruel,excruciating,grievous,grim,hard,harsh,heavy,inhuman,murderous,onerous,oppressive,rough,rugged,searing,severe,stiff,trying
   arduous,Augean,backbreaking,challenging,demanding,difficult,effortful,exacting,formidable,grueling,gruelling,hard,heavy,herculean,killer,laborious,moiling,murderous,rigorous,rough,rugged,severe,stiff,strenuous,sweaty,tall,testing,toilsome,uphill
   catchy,delicate,difficult,hairy,knotty,nasty,prickly,problematic,problematical,sensitive,spiny,sticky,thorny,ticklish,touchy,tricky
   austere,authoritarian,flinty,hard,harsh,heavy-handed,ramrod,rigid,rigorous,severe,stern,strict
   

2. 名詞
   粗暴的人
   暴徒, 惡棍
   /此名詞複數為"toughs"/
   可數名詞:
   a tough guy/
   a tough man/
   a tough dude/
   (複數)tough guys/
   (複數)tough men/
   (複數)tough dudes:
   

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   同義字詞
   gangster,goon,gorilla,hood,hoodlum,hooligan,mobster,punk,roughneck,rowdy,ruffian
   

3. 動詞
   tough it out:
   撐下去
   熬過去
   咬緊牙關忍過去
   咬緊牙關挺過去
   tough ...(事) out/
   tough out ...(事):
   熬過...
   咬緊牙關忍過...
   咬緊牙關挺過...
   /此動詞過去式與過去分詞為"toughed"/
   

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4. 感嘆詞
   Tough luck:
   算你倒楣!
   算你不走運!
   

5. 動詞片語連結
   play tough/
   play it tough:
   玩粗的
   來粗的
   act tough:
   耍狠
   採取強硬手段
   表現得很強硬
   act tough on ...(人):
   對...耍狠
   

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6. 成語
   It's tough at the top:
   處在高位待遇就是不一樣!
   處在高位就是不一樣!
   When the going gets tough, the tough get going:
   當遇到困難時，強者會更加堅定去克服
   當形勢艱苦時，強者會更加堅定去克服
   當形勢艱難時，強者會更加堅定去克服
   

7. 連接詞語法
   When the going gets tough/
   If the going gets tough:
   當遇到困難時
   當形勢艱苦時
   當形勢艱難時
   When the going gets tough for ...(人等)/
   If the going gets tough for ...(人等):
   當...遇到困難時
   當...形勢艱苦時
   當...形勢艱難時
   

例句

1. It's a tough call.
2. It's tough to really get going.
3. Welling will be a very tough game.
4. I was young and times were tough .
5. He thinks he's a big tough cow horse.
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