n.鋼鐵；鋼制品；鋼鐵般的性質(zhì)

vt.使堅強；使 ... 硬如鋼；使下定決心

adj.鋼的；堅強的

The output value of iron and steel makes up one quarter of the country's national income. 鋼鐵制品創(chuàng)造的產(chǎn)值占據(jù)了國民收入的四分之一。

He is a man of steel who has experienced a lot of wars. 他是一個經(jīng)歷過許多戰(zhàn)爭、有著鋼鐵般意志的男人。

You should steel yourself against failure . 面對失敗,你應(yīng)該堅強起來。

He can steel himself against any blow now. 現(xiàn)在他磨練得能經(jīng)受住任何打擊了。

He steeled himself to tell her about her father's death. 他硬起心腸把她父親的死訊告訴了她。

The profits of the steel industry have fallen due to the measures of trade protectionism taken by that country. 由于那國采取的貿(mào)易保護主義措施,鋼鐵業(yè)的利潤有所下降。

He gave me a steel grip while I tried to console him. 當我試著去安慰他時,他堅強地握住我的手。

steel是物質(zhì)名詞,不可數(shù); 指“不同種類的鋼”時,可用復數(shù)形式。steel引申可作“鋼鐵般的堅強,堅硬,決心”等。

steel在作“鋼制的武器或兵器”解時,是不可數(shù)名詞。

steel可放在其他名詞前作定語。

steel用作動詞的意思是“鋼化”“使堅硬”“使堅強”,是及物動詞。常接oneself作賓語,表示“使自己振作起來,使自己堅強起來”。

steel也可接介詞against或for引導的短語,表示“使自己堅強起來能承受(打擊等)”。steel還可接動詞不定式作目的狀語。