temper
n. 性情,脾氣; 特徵; (鋼等)回火; 怒氣
vt. 調和; 使回火; 鍛鍊; 緩和
vi. 使調和
If you refer to someone's temper or say that they have a temper, you mean that they become angry very easily.
He had a temper and could be nasty...
他脾氣不大好,有時兇得很。
His short temper had become notorious...
他的臭脾氣是出了名的。
Your temper is the way you are feeling at a particular time. If you are in a good temper, you feel cheerful. If you are in a bad temper, you feel angry and impatient.
I was in a bad temper last night...
昨晚我心情不好。
He was in a very good temper...
他當時心情非常好。
To temper something means to make it less extreme.
For others, especially the young and foolish, the state will temper justice with mercy...
對待其他人時,尤其是年輕人和愚蠢的人,國家會剛柔並濟。
He had to learn to temper his enthusiasm.
他得學著給自己的熱情降溫。
If someone is in a temper or gets into a temper, the way that they are behaving shows that they are feeling angry and impatient.
She was still in a temper when Colin arrived...
科林到的時候,她氣還沒有消。
When I try to explain how I feel he just flies into a temper.
我剛要解釋我心裡是怎麼想的,他就勃然大怒。
If you lose your temper, you become so angry that you shout at someone or show in some other way that you are no longer in control of yourself.
I've never seen him get cross or lose his temper...
我從未見過他生氣或者發火。
I lost my temper and banged my book down on the desk.
我大發雷霆,把書砰地往課桌上一摔。
1. a sudden outburst of anger;
2. a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling;
3. a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger;
4. the elasticity and hardness of a metal object; its ability to absorb considerable energy before cracking
1. toughen (steel or glass) by a process of gradually heating and cooling;
2. harden by reheating and cooling in oil;
3. adjust the pitch (of pianos)
4. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate;
5. restrain or temper
temper, character, nature, personality, disposition, complexion
這些名詞均有"性格,氣質,性情,習性"之意。
keep (或 lose) one's temper
捺住(捺不住)性子,不使脾氣發作(發脾氣,生氣)
out of temper
發脾氣,生氣
He lost his temper and snapped irritably at the children.
他發火了,暴躁地斥責孩子們.
He has a savage temper.
他脾氣粗暴.
He is quick in temper.
他生性急躁.
You should keep in your bad temper.
你應該控制你的壞脾氣.
Everybody disliked him because of his hot temper.
大家都嫌他脾氣太急.