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temper

美 [ˈtempər]英 [ˈtempə(r)]
  • n.脾气;情绪;心情;火气;怒气;有…脾气的;心境;易怒的性情;阵怒
  • vt.使(金属)回火;使温和;使缓和

复数: tempers 过去式: tempered 现在分词: tempering 过去分词: tempered 第三人称单数: tempers

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noun

1

脾气;易怒的性情
if sb has a temper , they become angry very easily

a violent/short/quick, etc. temper

烈性子、急性子、火性子等

He must learn to control his temper .

他得学会捺住性子。

She broke the plates in a fit of temper .

她一气之下把盘子摔碎了。

After an hour of waiting, tempers began to fray (= people began to get angry) .

等了一个小时后,大伙儿开始冒火了。

2

怒气;火气;阵怒
a short period of feeling very angry

to fly into a temper

勃然大怒

She says awful things when she's in a temper .

她一发脾气说话就难听。

3

心情;情绪;心境
the way that you are feeling at a particular time

Come back when you're in a better temper.

心情好些时再回来。

to be in a bad, foul, etc. temper

心情不好、很坏等

4

有…脾气的;心情…的
having a particular type of temper

good-/bad-tempered

脾气好 / 坏

a sweet-tempered child

性情温和的小孩

习语

to fail/manage to control your anger

她对一位顾客发了脾气,冲着人家大喊大叫。
She lost her temper with a customer and shouted at him.

I struggle to keep my temper with the kids when they misbehave.

孩子们淘气时,我强捺住性子不发脾气。

verb

1

使缓和;使温和
to make sth less severe by adding sth that has the opposite effect

Justice must be tempered with mercy.

法外尚需施恩。

2

使(金属)回火
to make metal as hard as it needs to be by heating and then cooling it

temper

频次

  • 1
    N-VAR 坏脾气;暴脾气
    If you refer to someone's temper or say that they have a temper, you mean that they become angry very easily.

    He had a temper and could be nasty...

    他脾气不大好,有时凶得很。

  • 2
    N-VAR 情绪;心情
    Your temper is the way you are feeling at a particular time. If you are in a good temper, you feel cheerful. If you are in a bad temper, you feel angry and impatient.

    I was in a bad temper last night...

    昨晚我心情不好。

  • 3
    VERB 使缓和;使温和
    To temper something means to make it less extreme.

    For others, especially the young and foolish, the state will temper justice with mercy...

    对待其他人时,尤其是年轻人和愚蠢的人,国家会刚柔并济。

  • 4
    PHRASE 发脾气/开始发火
    If someone is in a temper or gets into a temper, the way that they are behaving shows that they are feeling angry and impatient.

    She was still in a temper when Colin arrived...

    科林到的时候,她气还没有消。

  • 5
    PHRASE 发脾气;大发雷霆
    If you lose your temper, you become so angry that you shout at someone or show in some other way that you are no longer in control of yourself.

    I've never seen him get cross or lose his temper...

    我从未见过他生气或者发火。

noun

1
a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
his temper was well known to all his employees
Synonym: biliousness irritability peevishness pettishness snappishness surliness
2
the elasticity and hardness of a metal object;its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
Synonym: toughness
3
a sudden outburst of anger
his temper sparked like damp firewood
Synonym: pique irritation
4
a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling
whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time
he was in a bad humor
Synonym: mood humor humour

verb

1
restrain
Synonym: chasten moderate
2
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else;moderate
she tempered her criticism
Synonym: season mollify
3
adjust the pitch (of pianos)
4
harden by reheating and cooling in oil
temper steel
Synonym: harden
5
bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a process of gradually heating and cooling
temper glass
Synonym: anneal normalize

数据来源:WordNet

  1. Try to avoid losing your temper if at all possible .

    尽可能别发脾气。

  2. She says awful things when she 's in a temper .

    她一发脾气说话就难听。

  3. Come back when you 're in a better temper .

    心情好些时再回来。

  4. He must learn to control his temper .

    他得学会捺住性子。

  5. She said nothing in case her temper slipped out of gear .

    她什么都没说,免得按捺不住情绪。

  6. I 'm sorry , I shouldn 't have lost my temper .

    对不起,我不该发脾气。

  7. Tempers ignited when the whole family spent Christmas together .

    全家凑到一起度圣诞节,大家心里都十分激动。

  8. He needs to learn to curb his temper .

    他得学着控制自己的脾气。

  9. His hot temper has landed him in trouble before .

    他脾气急躁,以前就遇到过麻烦。

  10. She lost her temper with a customer and shouted at him .

    她对一位顾客发了脾气,冲着人家大喊大叫。

  11. You may find your temper on a short fuse when confronting your teenager .

    对付十几岁的半大孩子,你可能动不动就会生气。

  12. Children often have temper tantrums at the age of two or thereabouts .

    儿童在两岁左右经常爱使性子。

  13. She struggled hard to master her temper .

    她竭力按住性子,不发脾气。

  14. I think we should wait until tempers have cooled .

    我认为我们应该等到怒火平息下来再说。

  15. Justice must be tempered with mercy .

    法外尚需施恩。

  16. As the debate went on , tempers began to fray .

    随着辩论的继续,火气就上来了。

  17. After an hour of waiting , tempers began to fray .

    等了一个小时后,大伙儿开始冒火了。

  18. I struggle to keep my temper with the kids when they misbehave .

    孩子们淘气时,我强捺住性子不发脾气。

  19. His boss has a foul temper .

    他的老板脾气很坏。

  20. She has a vicious temper .

    她性情暴虐。

  21. She has a fiery temper .

    她脾气暴躁。

  22. She has a filthy temper .

    她脾气暴躁。

  23. Tempers were getting very frayed .

    脾气变得暴躁起来。

  24. ' Keep your temper , ' he said to himself .

    “别生气,”他暗暗告诉自己。

  25. I 've never seen him get cross or lose his temper

    我从未见过他生气或者发火。

  26. He had a terrible temper , and sometimes he would completely lose control

    他的脾气很坏,有时会完全失控。

  27. I hope he can control his temper .

    我希望他能克制住自己的脾气。

  28. His hot temper was making it increasingly difficult for others to work with him .

    他的火暴脾气使得别人越来越难以和他合作。

  29. He was about to lose his temper but checked himself in time

    他刚要发火,不过又及时克制住了。

  30. I was in a bad temper last night

    昨晚我心情不好。

  • 词语搭配
  • 习语

temper与以下词性连用

adj.

bad temper

坏脾气

explosive temper

暴脾气

quick temper

急脾气

short temper

急脾气

violent temper

暴脾气

n.

temper tantrum

脾气发作

v.

control your temper

控制脾气

have a temper

脾气大

lose your temper

发脾气

n.

lose/keep your temper (with sb)

发脾气;忍住怒火
to fail/manage to control your anger

She lost her temper with a customer and shouted at him.

她对一位顾客发了脾气,冲着人家大喊大叫。

I struggle to keep my temper with the kids when they misbehave.

孩子们淘气时,我强捺住性子不发脾气。

to have a quick temper

性子急;容易发脾气
to become angry easily