英:[ˌtemprəˈmentl]
美:[ˌtɛmprəˈmɛntl, ˌtɛmpərə-]
英:[ˌtemprəˈmentl]
美:[ˌtɛmprəˈmɛntl, ˌtɛmpərə-]
tem·per·a·men·tal
tem pr men tl [or] tem pr men tl
比较级:more temperamental
最高级:most temperamental
temperamentally (adv.)
词根:temper
adv.temperamentally 气质地
n.temper 脾气;(钢等)回火;性情;倾向
temperament 气质,性情,性格;急躁
vi.temper 回火;调和
vt.temper 使回火;锻炼;调和;使缓和
Adjective
1. relating to or caused by temperament;
"temperamental indifference to neatness"
"temperamental peculiarities"
2. subject to sharply varying moods;
"a temperamental opera singer"
3. likely to perform unpredictably;
"erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"
"a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"
"that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster
"与气质有关的",1640年代,来自 temperament + -al (1); 在"喜怒无常"的意义上,记录于1907年。相关词: Temperamentally。
borrowed from New Latin temperāmentālis "of the temperament," from Latin temperāmentum temperament + -ālis -al >entry 1
The first known use of temperamental was in 1646
temper1 of 2verb
moderate entry 2 sense 1, soften
temper justice with mercy
to control by reducing : subdue
temper one's anger
to bring (as steel or glass) to the desired hardness or strength by heating and cooling
to be or become tempered
temper2 of 2noun
characteristic manner of feeling
the temper of the times
the hardness or toughness of a substance
the temper of a knife blade
a characteristic state of mind or state of feeling : disposition
calmness of mind : composure
lost my temper
state of feeling or state of mind at a particular time
a state of anger
left in a temper
the quality of being easily angered
has a hot temper
temperedadjective
made moderate
strictness tempered by compassion
having a particular kind of temper—used in combination
a bad-tempered dog
brought to the desired state (as of hardness, toughness, or flexibility) tempered glass
tempered steel
temperaturenoun
the degree of hotness or coldness of something (as air, water, or the body) as shown by a thermometer
fever sense 1a
have a temperature
temperaturenoun
the degree of hotness or coldness of something (as air, water, or the body) as shown by a thermometer
fever sense 1a
have a temperature
temperateadjective
being or kept within limits
not going too far in satisfying one's needs or desires
not drinking much liquor
marked by self-control : restrained
temperate speech
having or associated with a climate that is usually mild without extremely cold or extremely hot temperatures
temperateadjective
being or kept within limits
not going too far in satisfying one's needs or desires
not drinking much liquor
marked by self-control : restrained
temperate speech
having or associated with a climate that is usually mild without extremely cold or extremely hot temperatures
temperateadjective
being or kept within limits
not going too far in satisfying one's needs or desires
not drinking much liquor
marked by self-control : restrained
temperate speech
having or associated with a climate that is usually mild without extremely cold or extremely hot temperatures
temperancenoun
control over one's acts, thoughts, or feelings : moderation, restraint
the use of little or no alcoholic drink
temperamentaladjective
of or relating to temperament
temperamental peculiarities
likely to be easily upset
a temperamental movie star
unpredictable in performance
a temperamental motor
temperamentaladjective
of or relating to temperament
temperamental peculiarities
likely to be easily upset
a temperamental movie star
unpredictable in performance
a temperamental motor
1 For reasons that are partly temperamental and partly a matter of sheer bad timing, she’s caught up in an especially lethal set of contradictions involving her job and her race.
2 Michael Chang always remains calm throughout the game, unlike some of the more temperamental tennis players.
张德培在比赛时一定从头到尾保持冷静,不像一些很情绪化的网球选手。
3 She told me that it was only the temperamental Chango, god of fire and lightning.
4 If you can’t stand my creative, manly heat, get out of my kitchen: This could be the unofficial motto of Harry, the temperamental chef at a tiny Brooklyn restaurant.
5 The Bob De Niro she gossiped with over a temperamental kerosene stove on the street was the actor’s father.
6 My grandfather is extremely temperamental. You have to handle him with kid gloves.
我的祖父性情暴躁,你对他可要小心谨慎.
7 There are two sides, those who demand reform and those who oppose it, but each side is crosshatched with factional and temperamental schisms.
8 Love is whimsical and temperamental.
爱离奇而多变,高兴来就来,要走也不会事先通知.
9 Despite the character's many faults - money-driven, prejudiced, temperamental, a boor - Hemsley managed to make the character endearing as well, part of the reason it stayed on the air for so long.
10 He wrestles control away from the temperamental boy King Joffrey and Queen Regent Cersei.
11 A socially active environment like a window display also provides an opportunity for temperamental animals to become better acclimated with humans, increasing their chances of being adopted.
12 I decided to make some coffee, to warm us up, and the stove proved equally temperamental.
13 Objective: To investigate the relationship between temperamental characteristic and the behavior deviation in preschool children.
目的:探讨学龄前儿童气质特性与行为偏异发生的关系。
14 But it’s precisely because of that kind of commercial success that Lloyd Webber is taken for granted, dismissed as a populist composer of the kinds of hummable melodies that might, say, pacify a temperamental president.
15 Seabiscuit’s temperamental outburst had left him hopelessly beaten, but as Pollard angled him into the stretch and asked him to get his mind back on running, Smith witnessed something he would never forget.
16 But the bottom line is that Büchner's play is about the "terrible fatalism of history" where this perfectly respectable production is more concerned with a confrontation of temperamental opposites.
17 “I disagree with everything you say,” Benedict snaps at one point, and while their conversation is marked by deference and decorum, the temperamental and ideological gulf between them seems unbridgeable.
18 The narration, read by Miranda July, underlines temperamental contrasts between the scientists that are seemingly confirmed by the pictures.
19 He is mainly a pawn in the machinations of his temperamental father the King and a fussy Grand Duke.
20 The temperamental structure is in dynamic status.
气质结构处于动态之中。
1 神经质
sensitive nervous squeamish nerve high-keyed fussy jumpy strung twitchy nervy whim-wham windy neurotic melancholic overwrought unstrung goosey goosy
2 性格上
4 反复无常
inconsistent unstable fickle schizophrenic capricious skittish flighty caprice play fast and loose with play fast and loose
5 易怒的
hot quick warm cross sharp passionate savage fiery irritable prickly techie touchy resentful spiky biliary streaky chippy petulant fractious raspy crabby thin-skinned irascible bristly snippy crabbed peckish gingery choleric fretful bilious stroppy snarly peevish snaky tetchy hoity-toity waspish testy twitty splenetic pindling snuffy sorehead fretty unequable spleenful stomachy spleenish tempersome humorsome soreheaded iracund sour hot-brained sensitive ugly brittle edgy hasty brash peppery ratty ticklish hot-headed hot-tempered short-tempered ill-tempered hot-blooded quick-tempered rasped pettish umbrageous miffy snorty red-necked ireful ill-humored irritability cranky worrisome combustible feisty vinegary huffy snappish querulous atrabilious cross as two sticks crusty excitable curmudgeonly crotchety narky
6 喜怒无常
7 易怒
hot quick warm cross sharp passionate savage fiery irritable prickly techie touchy resentful spiky biliary streaky chippy petulant fractious raspy crabby thin-skinned irascible bristly snippy crabbed peckish gingery choleric fretful bilious stroppy snarly peevish snaky tetchy hoity-toity waspish testy twitty splenetic pindling snuffy sorehead fretty unequable spleenful stomachy spleenish tempersome humorsome soreheaded iracund sour petulance petulancy hot-brained sensitive ugly brittle edgy hasty brash peppery ratty ticklish hot-headed hot-tempered short-tempered ill-tempered hot-blooded quick-tempered rasped pettish umbrageous miffy snorty red-necked ireful ill-humored passionately edgily querulously pettishly waspishly tetchily crabbily irritability irascibility fieriness have a short temper cranky worrisome combustible feisty vinegary huffy snappish querulous atrabilious cross as two sticks short crusty excitable curmudgeonly crotchety narky
8 神经质的
sensitive nervous squeamish high-keyed fussy jumpy strung twitchy nervy windy neurotic melancholic overwrought unstrung goosey goosy
9 时好时坏
10 气质的
11 气质
race blood temperature spirit metal cast habit texture grain strain stomach makeup mold chemistry kidney humor affection temper temperament complexion charisma mettle proclivity crasis constitutional vein streak turn of mind presence composition mould emblem ethos idiosyncrasy habitude personality make-up aura oomph class turn heart touch humour disposition
15 情绪不稳定的
17 性情暴躁的
19 生来
natural native organic radical ingrain inborn inbred natural-born unschooled temperamentally by nature by birth
21 时好时坏的
22 本质
essential internal organic intrinsic elemental constitutive hypostatic kind heart nature metal principle being identity juice substance fiber gut essence hypostasis inwardness quiddity Hardpan thisness inbeing suchness be all and end all
23 性情
apt. make habit grain humor disposition temper temperament aptitude predisposition nature tendency strain turn vein humour affection aptness disposure
24 性情的
25 变化无常
26 本性
27 变幻无常
28 易激动的
hot-brained nervous irritable hyper hasty combustible excitable skittish nervy warm-blooded spasmodic ticklish inflammable hot-tempered hotheaded tindery twittery flappable tempersome emotional giddy hot-headed
29 易发怒的