temper

temper

['tempə]

n.脾气, 性情
vt.使缓和, 调和, 锻炼
n.韧度, 调剂,回火度
vt.使回火

例句与用法:

His hasty temper made him offensive.

他急躁的脾气使他令人讨厌。

He slammed the door in a temper.

他生气地摔门。

She tried to needle me into losing my temper.

她想方设法惹我发脾气。

He has a brittle temper.

他脾气急。

She has a foul temper.

她脾气暴躁。

A good meal sweetened his temper.

吃了一顿好饭,他的脾气变得好多了。

She coaxed him out of his bad temper.

她循循善诱地劝他改掉坏脾气。

They are of congenial temper.

他们的性情相投。

词形变化:

形容词: temperable | 名词: temperability | 动词过去式: tempered | 动词过去分词: tempered | 动词现在分词: tempering | 动词第三人称单数: tempers |


n.

1. 情绪; 性情, 脾气[C]

She has a sweet temper.

她脾气温和。

2. 暴躁; 怒气[C][U]

His father is in a temper today.

他父亲今天在发脾气。

3. (钢等的)韧度; 回火[U]

4. (皮革的)质地, 坚韧性[U]

5. 特征; 倾向, 趋势[the S]

the temper of modern European poetry

现代欧洲诗歌的倾向

6. 勇气[U]

The girl gathered her temper and spoke her mind.

那姑娘鼓起勇气说出了自己的想法。

7. 冷静, 沉着[U]

She kept her husband in temper.

她使丈夫保持冷静。

vt.

1. 【冶】回火

2. 锻炼

Hardships tempered his will.

艰难困苦锻炼了他的意志。

3. 调和, 捏和(粘土等)[(+with)]

4. 使变淡; 使缓和; 使温和[(+with)]

Temper justice with mercy.

恩威并施。

5. 【音】给(乐器)调音

vi.

(金属)经回火后具有适当的韧度


短语词组:

be out of temper with sb.

1. 对某人生气

She was again out of temper with me yesterday.

她昨天又对我生气。

get/go/fly into a temper

1. 发脾气

He often gets into a temper for no reason at all.

他经常无缘无故地发脾气。

keep/control one's temper

1. 不发火

I think you should learn to keep your temper on such an occasion.

我认为你应该学会在这种场合沉得住气。

lose one's temper

1. 发脾气

He lost his temper when he saw the room was in such a mess.

当看到房间里一团糟时, 他发火了。


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