tough
EJDict
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日本語WordNet
an aggressive and violent young criminal
a cruel and brutal fellow
not given to gentleness or sentimentality; "a tough character"
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"
physically toughened; "the tough bottoms of his feet"
substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"
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"
unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break"
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"
JMdict
AIによる解説
Strong and durable; difficult; a rough or violent person.
ライセンス: KeyLang Original
The organization has been requiring stricter standards while dealing with increasingly tough competition.
組織はますます厳しい競争に対処しながら、より厳格な基準を要求し続けています。
The mediaperson asked tough questions.
その報道関係者は厳しい質問をしました。
The newspeople asked tough questions at the press conference.
報道関係者は記者会見で厳しい質問をしました。
The politician kept sidestepping the journalist's tough questions.
その政治家はジャーナリストの厳しい質問をはぐらかし続けた。
Use concentrated detergent for tough stains.
頑固なシミには濃縮洗剤を使用してください。
She has a fearsome reputation as a tough negotiator.
彼女はタフな交渉者として恐ろしい評判を持っている。
Pronunciation data from ipa-dict (MIT License) based on cmudict-ipa by @lingz