n.
- 情绪;性情,脾气[C]
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She has a sweet
temper.
她脾气温和。
- 暴躁;怒气[C][U]
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His father is in a
temper today.
他父亲今天在发脾气。
- (钢等的)韧度;回火[U]
- (皮革的)质地,坚韧性[U]
- 特征;倾向,趋势[the S]
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the
temper of modern European poetry
现代欧洲诗歌的倾向
- 勇气[U]
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The girl gathered her
temper and spoke her mind.
那姑娘鼓起勇气说出了自己的想法。
- 冷静,沉着[U]
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She kept her husband in
temper.
她使丈夫保持冷静。
vt.
- 【冶】回火
- 锻炼
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Hardships
tempered his will.
艰难困苦锻炼了他的意志。
- 调和,捏和(粘土等)[(+with)]
- 使变淡;使缓和;使温和[(+with)]
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Temper justice with mercy.
恩威并施。
- 【音】给(乐器)调音
vi.
- (金属)经回火后具有适当的韧度
短语
be out of temper with sb.
- 对某人生气
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She
was again
out of temper with me yesterday.
她昨天又对我生气。
get/go/fly into a temper
- 发脾气
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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
- 不发火
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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
- 发脾气
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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。
辨析
n.
- a person's state of mind in terms of their being angry or calm.
- a tendency to become angry easily.
▸an angry state of mind.
- the degree of hardness and elasticity of steel or another metal.
v.
- improve the temper of (a metal) by reheating and then cooling it.
▸improve the consistency or resiliency of (a substance) by heating it or adding particular substances to it.
- serve as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to:
their idealism is tempered with realism.
- tune (a piano or other instrument) so as to adjust the note intervals correctly.
Phrase
- keep
(or lose)
one's temper
retain (or fail to retain) composure or restraint when angry.
Derivative
Etymology
OE temprian ‘bring into the required condition by mixing’, from L. temperare ‘mingle, restrain’; the noun orig. denoted a proportionate mixture of elements, also the combination of the four bodily humours, formerly believed to be the basis of temperament.