[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)凝固;(使)固化 When a liquid solidifies or is solidified, it changes into a solid.
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The thicker lava would have taken two weeks to solidify...
较厚的熔岩需要两周的时间才能凝固。
The Energy Department plans to solidify the deadly waste in a high-tech billion-dollar factory.
能源部计划在造价几十亿美元的高科技工厂里将那些致命的废料固态化。
...a frying-pan full of solidified fat.
里面满是凝固油脂的平底煎锅
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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]巩固;(使)变可靠;(使)变稳固 If something such as a position or opinion solidifies, or if something solidifies it, it becomes firmer and more definite and unlikely to change.
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Her attitudes solidified through privilege and habit.
由于特权和习惯使然,她的看法变得越来越难以改变。
...his attempt to solidify his position as chairman...
他为巩固自己的主席地位所作的努力
Her behavior this week has solidified her support within the Department of Justice.
她本周的行为使司法部成员坚定了对她的支持。
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so·lid·ify/səˈlɪdɪfaɪ; NAmEsəˈlɪdɪfaɪ/verb(so·lidi·fies,so·lidi·fy·ing,so·lidi·fied,so·lidi·fied)1[intransitive , transitive ]solidify(into sth) |solidify(sth) to become solid; to make sth solid (使)凝固,变硬,变得结实◆The mixture will solidify into toffee.这种混合物凝固后就成了太妃糖。◆solidified lava固结熔岩2[intransitive , transitive ]( formal) (of ideas, etc. 观念等)to become or to make sth become more definite and less likely to change (使)变得坚定,变得稳固,巩固solidify(into sth) ◆Vague objections to the system solidified into firm opposition.先前对这一制度不大明朗的反对演变成了坚决的抵制。solidifysth ◆They solidified their position as Britain's top band.他们巩固了自己作为英国顶尖乐队的地位。▶so·lidi·fi·ca·tion/səˌlɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃn; NAmEsəˌlɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/noun[uncountable ]solidifysolidifiessolidifiedsolidifyingso·lid·ify/səˈlɪdɪfaɪ; NAmEsəˈlɪdɪfaɪ/so·lidi·fi·ca·tion/səˌlɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃn; NAmEsəˌlɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/
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solidifyso‧lid‧i‧fy /səˈlɪdɪfaɪ/ verb (past tense and past participle solidified, present participle solidifying, third person singular solidifies)
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1[intransitive, transitive] to become solid or make something solid: The volcanic lava solidifies as it cools. solidified cream2[transitive] to make an agreement, plan, attitude etc more definite and less likely to changeSYN strengthen: The two countries signed a treaty to solidify their alliance.—solidification /səˌlɪdɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
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