1·He's a tough old bugger.
他是个铁汉子。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Aunt Letty was a very tough old lady: aunts often were in those days.
蕾蒂姨妈是个强壮的老妇人；那时候姨妈们大都如此。
3·Her back was always straight. She looks a tough old aunt, I didn't know her personality. Then she looked like a "big witch" for me.
她那样子是严厉的老大妈，是什么人也我不知道，为我童心来说可怕的“大魔女”。
4·My grandfather might be in his eighties but he is as tough as old boots.
我的祖父虽然已经八十多岁了，但他的身体依然硬朗。
5·Sarina Harper, a 19-year-old student at Virginia Tech, was faced with a tough dilemma when she first started college in 2015—pay rent or pay to turn in her chemistry homework.
19岁的萨琳娜·哈珀是弗吉尼亚理工大学的一名学生。在2015年刚开始上大学的时候，她面临着一个两难的困境：要么交房租，要么花钱交化学作业。
6·Sarina Harper, a 19-year-old student at Virginia Tech, was faced with a tough dilemma when she first started college in 2015 — pay rent or pay to turn in her chemistry homework.
19岁的萨琳娜·哈珀是弗吉尼亚理工大学的一名学生。2015年，她刚开始上大学的时候，面临着一个两难的选择：要么交房租，要么花钱交化学作业。
7·It's powerful, haunting music, by a poet, composer and singer whose life has been as tough and sinewy and loving as an old tree.
他的音乐震撼人心而又令人难以忘怀，这位诗人、作曲家兼歌手的人生就像一棵老树那样，久经风霜、顽强有力而又充满爱意。
8·She is tough, proud, smart, cynical, and like eighty-years old.
她坚强，骄傲，聪慧，愤世嫉俗，像80岁得老太太。
9·The young actress, now already 20 years old, admits, “Getting into character to kiss Dan and Rupert was tough also.
艾玛年芳20岁，这位年轻的女演员表示：“就算进入角色中了，要吻丹和鲁伯特还是很难。
10·Too comfortable with the old bipolar world, it splurged cash when it should have imposed conditions, was stingy when it should have been generous and naive when it should have been tough.
安逸于过去的两极世界，在应该强加条件的时候挥霍现金，在应该大方的时候吝啬，在应该严厉的时候幼稚。