tempers

英 [ˈtempəz]

美 [ˈtempərz]

n.  脾气; 易怒的性情; 怒气; 火气; 阵怒; 心情; 情绪; 心境
v.  使缓和; 使温和; 使(金属)回火
temper的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 坏脾气;暴脾气
  If you refer to someone'stemperor say that they have atemper, you mean that they become angry very easily.
  1. He had a temper and could be nasty...
     他脾气不大好，有时凶得很。
  2. His short temper had become notorious...
     他的臭脾气是出了名的。
  3. I hope he can control his temper.
     我希望他能克制住自己的脾气。
• N-VAR 情绪;心情
  Yourtemperis the way you are feeling at a particular time. If you areina goodtemper, you feel cheerful. If you areina badtemper, you feel angry and impatient.
  1. I was in a bad temper last night...
     昨晚我心情不好。
  2. He was in a very good temper...
     他当时心情非常好。
  3. In a fit of bad temper, Dougie threw the deep fat fryer overboard.
     一气之下，道吉把那个又深又大的油炸锅扔了。
• VERB 使缓和;使温和
  Totempersomething means to make it less extreme.
  1. 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。
  2. He had to learn to temper his enthusiasm.
     他得学着给自己的热情降温。
• PHRASE 发脾气/开始发火
  If someone isin a temperor getsinto a temper, the way that they are behaving shows that they are feeling angry and impatient.
  1. She was still in a temper when Colin arrived...
     科林到的时候，她气还没有消。
  2. When I try to explain how I feel he just flies into a temper.
     我刚要解释我心里是怎么想的，他就勃然大怒。
• PHRASE 发脾气;大发雷霆
  If youloseyourtemper, you become so angry that you shout at someone or show in some other way that you are no longer in control of yourself.
  1. I've never seen him get cross or lose his temper...
     我从未见过他生气或者发火。
  2. I lost my temper and banged my book down on the desk.
     我大发雷霆，把书砰地往课桌上一摔。

双语例句

• China's decision to raise prices by10% in November has also caused tempers to rise.
  在十一月份，中国把油价提高了百分之十的决定同样也引起了不满。
• Tempers frayed at Chengdu airport as frustrated travellers waiting in vain for flights out vented their anger.
  脾气紧张在成都机场的旅客等候沮丧，妄图为航班发泄他们的愤怒。
• Tempers may flare if you haven't been completely honest about your intentions or your whereabouts.
  要是你对于你的意图或去向不完全坦白的话，有人可能会发脾气哦。
• It tempers the enthusiasm of the architect, the life of the individual.
  它锻造了建筑师的热情，锤炼了个人的生活。
• They were so rushed that tempers flared, and arguments followed.
  两人忙碌坏了脾气，不免争执。
• So adversity tempers the human heart, to discover its real worth.
  因此，逆境能炼就一个人的心，发现这颗心真正的价值。
• She hoped that by Monday their tempers would have cooled.
  她希望到星期一的时候他们的怒气已经平息。
• 'The staff are always on edge. Tempers get frayed,' he said.
  他说：员工总是处于紧张的状态，脾气变得很不好。
• We have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints.
  我们有更高耸的大厦，但更短的量度；拥有更宽阔的公路，但更狭窄的心胸。
• Later, when tempers had cooled, they sat down and talked.
  后来，怒气平息以后，他们坐下来谈了谈。