n.钢铁；钢制品；钢铁般的性质

vt.使坚强；使 ... 硬如钢；使下定决心

adj.钢的；坚强的

The output value of iron and steel makes up one quarter of the country's national income. 钢铁制品创造的产值占据了国民收入的四分之一。

He is a man of steel who has experienced a lot of wars. 他是一个经历过许多战争、有着钢铁般意志的男人。

You should steel yourself against failure . 面对失败,你应该坚强起来。

He can steel himself against any blow now. 现在他磨练得能经受住任何打击了。

He steeled himself to tell her about her father's death. 他硬起心肠把她父亲的死讯告诉了她。

The profits of the steel industry have fallen due to the measures of trade protectionism taken by that country. 由于那国采取的贸易保护主义措施,钢铁业的利润有所下降。

He gave me a steel grip while I tried to console him. 当我试着去安慰他时,他坚强地握住我的手。

steel是物质名词,不可数; 指“不同种类的钢”时,可用复数形式。steel引申可作“钢铁般的坚强,坚硬,决心”等。

steel在作“钢制的武器或兵器”解时,是不可数名词。

steel可放在其他名词前作定语。

steel用作动词的意思是“钢化”“使坚硬”“使坚强”,是及物动词。常接oneself作宾语,表示“使自己振作起来,使自己坚强起来”。

steel也可接介词against或for引导的短语,表示“使自己坚强起来能承受(打击等)”。steel还可接动词不定式作目的状语。