tempestuous
英 [temˈpestʃuəs]
美 [temˈpestʃuəs]
adj. 激烈的; 狂暴的; 骚动的; 狂风暴雨的; 大风暴的
BNC.32970 / COCA.25087
牛津词典
adj.
- 激烈的;狂暴的;骚动的
full of extreme emotions- a tempestuous relationship
冲突不断的关系
- a tempestuous relationship
- 狂风暴雨的;大风暴的
caused by or affected by a violent storm- tempestuous seas
波涛汹涌的大海
- tempestuous seas
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED (关系)紧张的,跌宕起伏的;(局势)动荡不定的,风云变幻的
If you describe a relationship or a situation astempestuous, you mean that very strong and intense emotions, especially anger, are involved.- For years, the couple's tempestuous relationship made the headlines...
有好多年,那对夫妻跌宕起伏的关系总是登上报纸头条。 - Somehow the marriage lasted for eight tempestuous months.
不管怎么说,那场婚姻还是维持了 8 个月,其间双方的关系一直很紧张。
- For years, the couple's tempestuous relationship made the headlines...
英英释义
adj
- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
- angry clouds on the horizon
- furious winds
- the raging sea
- characterized by violent emotions or behavior
- a stormy argument
- a stormy marriage
双语例句
- I'll sail forward, however hard the voyage, however tempestuous the sea, to your heart, to pour out to you my endless yearning.
不管前途艰难,路途遥远,我都将一往直前,驶向你心灵的港湾,向你诉说那风浪中的无尽思念。 - But policy makers have the means to ensure the transition to this new phase will be merely turbulent, rather than tempestuous.
但政策制定者有办法确保向这一新阶段的转型只会引起颠簸、而不会引发大地震。 - But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroaquilo.
可是,过了不久,有一种称为「东北风」的飓风,向岛上冲来。 - And they said to him, what shall we do with you that the sea may be quiet for us? For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
他们问他说,我们当向你怎样行,使海为我们平静下来呢?这是因为海越发翻腾。 - Spinelli's relationship with the striker has often been a tempestuous one, but he denied that it had caused an irrevocable split.
斯皮内利和卢卡雷利的关系常常紧张,但他否定了二人的关系会导致球队的一次必然的分裂。 - He saw overhead a black and tempestuous sky, across which the wind was driving clouds that occasionally suffered a twinkling star to appear;
他看到天空是一片黑暗,预示着大风暴即将来临了,风在用劲地驱赶着疾驰的浮云,不时的露出一颗闪烁的星星。 - Their ship was sailing dangerously in the tempestuous sea.
他们的船在浪急风高的海上危险地航行着。 - All the fury of her tempestuous soul fell, as the sea falls under a lapse of wind.
她那狂暴的灵魂发出的一切愤怒都在平息了,如同大海在风暴之后的平静一样。 - The historians present the picture of a brilliant but tempestuous and cruel man.
这些史家笔下呈现出的成吉思汗是一个绝顶聪明,但脾气暴烈、残忍无情的君王。 - Their married life was short and tempestuous.
他们的婚姻生活很短暂而且是吵吵闹闹的。