英 [ˌtemprəˈmentl] 美 [ˌtemprəˈmentl]
adj. 喜怒无常的，性情多变的；气质的，性情的；（机器、汽车等）性能不稳定的，易坏的
比较级more temperamental
最高级most temperamental
temperamental /ˌtɛmpərəˈmɛntəl/ TEM4
形容词 If you say that someone is temperamental, you are criticizing them for not being calm or quiet by nature, but having moods that change often and suddenly. 喜怒无常的
He is very temperamental and critical.
他喜怒无常，而且吹毛求疵。
形容词 If you describe something such as a machine or car as temperamental, you mean that it often does not work well. (机器、汽车等) 性能不稳定的
The boys couldn't start the temperamental motor.
那些男孩子无法发动那辆性能不稳定的摩托车。
relating to or caused by temperament
temperamental indifference to neatness ; temperamental peculiarities
likely to perform unpredictably
a temperamental motor ; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't ; that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute
同义词： erratic
性情的
... 不定的号角 The Uncertain Trumpet 含糊不定的 ambivalent 脾气不定的 Temperamental ...
... squeamish易生气的；神经质的； temperamental喜怒无常的； touchy易生气的；难以取悦的； ...
... temperament气质，性情，性格；容易兴奋的性格，易变的性情 temperamental气质的，性情的，性格的；易兴奋的，易激动的；〈口〉性能不稳定的 texture密度，质地；结构，构成；本质，特征 ...
temperamentally 气质地
temper 脾气；（钢等）回火；性情；倾向
temperament 气质，性情，性格；急躁
temper 回火；调和
temper 使回火；锻炼；调和；使缓和
He is very temperamental and critical.
他喜怒无常，而且吹毛求疵。
The boys couldn't start the temperamental motor.
那些男孩子无法发动那辆性能不稳定的摩托车。
They are firm friends in spite of temperamental differences.
他们尽管性格不同，但仍然友情甚笃。
Now, this guile of his, because that's what it entails, this guile is something temperamental, I think. It came naturally to him.
现在，它展现出来的他的狡猾，是捉摸不定的，我觉得，对他来说很自然。
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It turns out in the world of classical music there's a stereotype of women being simply less proficient than men: they play smaller than men, they don't have the same force and they have smaller techniques, they're more temperamental and so on.
在古典音乐界,有一个刻板印象,女人的造诣就是不如男人：,她们演奏得不如男人宏大，她们力量不如男人，她们技巧不如男人，她们喜怒无常等等。
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They are less likely to understand the emotional and temperamental issues that go on with investing.
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In 2003, a year before the previous election, Labor installed the temperamental Mark Latham as leader.
Even more influential, in the temperamental opinion of the Internet, than Julian Assange himself.
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