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temper noun | verb
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tem·per / 5tZmp[ ; 5tempE /noun
1. C,Ua tendency to become angry suddenly or easily坏脾气,暴躁脾气:
That temper of hers will get her into trouble one of these days.她那种脾气早晚会让她惹麻烦的。
According to Nathan, Robin has quite a temper .据内森讲,罗宾脾气很大。
Theo needs to learn to control his temper .西奥应该学会控制他的脾气。
quick / bad / fiery etc temper
Be careful, he's got a pretty violent temper.小心点,他的脾气非常暴躁。
tempers flare also tempers become frayed BrE(=people become angry) 大发脾气:
Mason's temper flared when he spotted his girlfriend kissing another man.梅森看到他的女朋友在亲吻别的男人,火气一下子蹿升上来。
2. lose your temper to suddenly become very angry so that you cannot control yourself发脾气:
I've never seen Vic lose his temper.我从未看到过维克发脾气。
3. sing., Uthe way you are feeling at a particular time, especially when you are feeling angry for a short time〔某个时候的〕情绪,心情; 怒气:
in a temper
It's no use talking to him when he's in a temper.他在气头上跟他谈是没有用的。
Pete hit his brother in a fit of temper .皮特一气之下打了他弟弟。
be in a bad / foul temper ( = to be angry )在生气
Watch out – she's been in a foul temper all day.当心 — 她这一整天脾气都很暴躁。
fly into a temper
Her boss would fly into a temper if a project wasn't done on time.如果项目没有按时完成,她的老板就会大发雷霆。
4. keep your temper to stay calm when it would be easy to get angry捺住性子,忍住怒火:
I was finding it increasingly difficult to keep my temper.我发现越来越难控制住自己的脾气了。
5. good-tempered / foul-tempered / quick-tempered etc having a good, bad temper etc脾气好的/脾气坏的/脾气急躁的等:
Minnie was always good-tempered and agreeable.明妮一向脾气好,讨人喜欢。
6. sing.formalthe general attitude that people have in a particular place at one time〔某时某地人们普遍的〕态度,看法:
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the temper of life in Renaissance Italy文艺复兴时期意大利人的生活态度
BAD-TEMPERED,EVEN-TEMPERED,ILL-TEMPERED
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temperverb T
1. formalto make something less severe or extreme使缓和; 使温和:
temper sth with / by sth
The heat in this coastal town is tempered by cool sea breezes.清凉的海风让这座海滨小城暑气渐消。
2. to make metal as hard as is needed by heating it and then putting it in cold water锻炼,使回火:
tempered steel回火钢

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