tough love

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌtʌf ˈlʌv]
• 美式音标 [ˌtʌf ˈlʌv]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 严厉的爱（指为起到帮助作用而严厉地对待有问题的人）

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Tough love, moreover, is a subjective concept.
  严厉的爱，更加是一个主观的概念。
• The study, by the think tank Demos, tracked the lives of 9,000 families and found that 13% used a "tough love" approach, which combines warmth and discipline.
  德莫斯智囊团进行的研究，跟踪调查了9,000个家庭的生活，发现有13%的家庭采用了“严厉的爱”的方法，温情与训导兼备。
• Richard Reeves, director of Demos, argued that "tough love" was successful because it built up a child's self-esteem but also taught them to be restrained and respectful.
  德莫斯的主任理查德·里夫斯认为，“严厉的爱”之所以成功，是因为它为孩子建立了自尊，也教会他们自制和礼貌。

权威例句

• But most importantly, an organization should be looking for tough love from its board members.
  FORBES: What Every Nonprofit Board Needs to Know
• But as harshly as Coppola disses Winehouse, there's a notable undercurrent of tough love here.
  NPR: Little Jackie: Tough Love For Amy Winehouse
• For the car industry, he has moved from tough love towards the unconditional sort.
  ECONOMIST: Michigan is at the heart of the debate over the economy

词组短语

短语

• tough -love approach 严爱管理方式
• His tough -love dad 他那敬爱的父亲
• a tough -love approach 心的严爱管理方式
• T Tough Love 说唱硬核
• Tough Love Couples Season 真人秀棘手的爱情

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• the fact of deliberately not showing too much kindness to a person who has a problem so that the person will start to solve their own problem

柯林斯英英字典

• Tough love is the practice of being very strict with a relative or friend who has an addiction or other problem in order to help them overcome the problem.