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

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

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 |

词义辨析

同义:

n.性情; 本质

disposition  nature  character  tendency  mood  

同义参见:

silence  fireworks  feather  qualify  perspective  metal  lessen  alleviate  kidney  blood  vein  acclimate  humor  grain  style  strengthen  spirit  soften  

反义:

vt.使变淡; 使缓和

intensify  

英英释义

名词 temper:

a sudden outburst of anger

同义词：pique, irritation

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

同义词：mood, humor, humour

a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger

同义词：biliousness, irritability, peevishness, pettishness, snappishness, surliness

the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking

同义词：toughness

动词 temper:

toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling

同义词：anneal, normalize

harden by reheating and cooling in oil

同义词：harden

adjust the pitch (of pianos)

make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate

同义词：season, mollify

restrain or temper

同义词：chasten, moderate

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。

补充

tempertemper英:[ˈtempə] 美:[ˈtɛmpɚ]n.1.脾气, 性情, 心境She has a naturally sweet temper.她生性和蔼可亲。2.〈非正〉恶劣的心情, 烦躁3.韧度The temper of the steel is right.这钢的韧度正合适。

例句

1. I hope he can control his temper.我希望他能管住自己的急脾气。 2. He has a terrible temper.他脾气很冲。 3. He has a sweet temper.他性格很好。 4. When I try to explain how I feel he just flies into a temper.我正想跟他解释我的感受, 他一下子就发火了。 5. I lost my temper.我发了脾气。 6. He had to learn to temper his enthusiasm.他得学会适当调整自己的热情。 7. He has tempered the strong drink with water.他已经用水将烈酒冲淡。 8. to temper justice with mercy恩威并施 9. to temper steel by heating and sudden cooling通过加热和骤冷来炼钢 10. to temper paints with oil调油彩 11. to temper clay by moistening and kneading加水捏和粘土 12. We should temper ourselves through manual labour.我们应该通过劳动锻炼自己。 13. he rushed out in a very bad temper.他气急败坏地冲出去。 14. I know my temper gets the better of me at times.我知道自己有时会控制不住发脾气。 15. Drew had walked out in a temper.德鲁生气地走出去了。 16. [mass noun]I only said it in a fit of temper.我只是一时气愤说了出来。 17. the blade rapidly heats up and the metal loses its temper.刀身迅速变热，金属就失去了硬度。 18. their idealism is tempered with realism.他们的理想主义中因现实主义有所冲淡。 19. Be careful of Paul. He's got quite a temper!小心保罗，他脾气很大！ 20. You must learn to control your temper.你必须学会控制你的脾气。 21. She has a bad/hot/quick/terrible/violent temper.她性情不好/暴躁/急躁/糟糕/暴戾。 22. That boy has quite a temper.那个男孩儿脾气不小。 23. He needs to learn to control his temper.他得学会控制自己的脾气。 24. tempers flared [=people became angry] and a fight broke out.人们火气蹿了上来，打起了架。 25. "After months of delays, tempers began to fray. [=people began to get angry]"数月拖延之后，人们开始冒火了。 26. She hit him in a fit of temper.她一怒之下打了他。 27. He slammed the door and left in a temper.他怒气冲冲地摔门而去。 28. I lost my temper [=got angry] (with him) and yelled at him.我一下子就火了，冲他大嚷起来。 29. It's often difficult for parents not to lose their tempers.家长们往往难以做到不发脾气。 30. "He was upset but kept his temper. [=remained calm; did not become angry, begin shouting, etc.]"他很烦躁，但还是按捺住了性子没发脾气。 31. He is in a pleasant/foul temper.他心情愉快/不快。 32. "a dog with a good/bad temper [=temperament, disposition]"气性好/不好的狗 33. "She has an even temper. [=she does not easily become angry, upset, etc.]"她性情平和。 34. Her novels capture the temper of the times.她的小说抓住了时代的气息。 35. Higher interest rates have tempered [=lessened] the demand for new houses.高利率缓和了对新住宅的购买需求。 36. He tempered his criticism with a few words of encouragement. = He tempered his criticism by adding a few words of encouragement.他又说了几句鼓励的话，缓和一下自己的批评口气。 37. He believes in justice tempered with mercy.他认为法外尚需施恩。 38. The steel/glass must be properly tempered.这种钢材/玻璃必须适当回火。