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
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柯林斯词典

  1. N-VAR 坏脾气;暴脾气
    If you refer to someone's temper or say that they have a temper, 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。
  2. N-VAR 情绪;心情
    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.
    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。
  3. VERB 使缓和;使温和
    To temper something 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。
  4. PHRASE 发脾气/开始发火
    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.
    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。
  5. PHRASE 发脾气;大发雷霆
    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.
    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。
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双语例句

  1. Within a few minutes tempers had cooled
    几分钟之内，火气就变小了。
  2. Tempers flared and harsh words were exchanged.
    怒气突然爆发，人们开始恶言相向。
  3. Tempers began to fray as the two teams failed to score
    随着两队都没能破门得分，大家渐渐沉不住气了。
  4. As tempers rose, he spoke out strongly against some of the radical ideas for selling off state-owned property
    随着火气越来越大，他公开对出售国有资产的一些激进观点表示强烈反对。
  5. 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。
  6. B: You'll get used to his tempers soon.
    他的脾气你会习惯的。
  7. As a result, on phone calls and surprise visits, tempers can flare and feelings can get hurt.
    结果，这些追命电话和突然袭击会导致一方脾气的爆发，造成双方情感上的伤害。
  8. 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。
  9. Tempers will mount if you are too pushy at work.
    工作中你过于强势的话，有人会不满。
  10. Scarlett was impressed less than anyone else by his tempers and his roarings.
    思嘉比谁都更不在乎他的嬷嬷和吼叫。
  11. '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。
  12. 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。
  13. 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。
  14. Man appears like a peacock, tempers like a bull and behaves like a stud.
    男人是这样一种动物：外表像孔雀，脾气像公牛，行为像种马。
  15. 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。
  16. This is a week of tempers and carelessness.
    本周是脾气很大，很粗心的一周。
  17. Time tempers love, but not removes.
    时间只能冷却，但移不动爱情。
  18. He was a very active lad. Their tempers became frayed.
    他是个性子好动的孩子。他们的好性子都没有了。
  19. They lost their tempers easily and called one another's names.
    他们动不动就发脾气，互相谩骂。
  20. Tempers where flaring up after the game.
    比赛过后，满腔怒气爆发了。
  21. Tempers flared during the debates.
    在辩论中突然发起脾气。
  22. 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。
  23. 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。
  24. The black and white painted banister tempers the shock of colour.
    而白与黑的扶栏缓和了整个空间给人的冲击。
  25. Various as were the tempers in her father's house, he pleased them all.
    安妮父亲的屋里有各种脾性的人，他却能个个讨好。
  26. The stormy meeting finally frayed people's tempers.
    这场激烈的会议最终使人们暴躁起来。
  27. At a stroke tempers are better, moods are easier, life is more amusing, the future less threatening.
    一下子，心情愉快了，气氛轻松了，生活更有意思了，未来不那么暗淡了。
  28. They were so rushed that tempers flared, and arguments followed.
    两人忙碌坏了脾气，不免争执。
  29. The chairman interposed in the disagreement between the two committee members, and prevented them from losing their tempers.
    主席对两个委员会成员的不同意见进行了调解，使他们没有动肝火。
  30. 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。
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