英 [ˈtempəd] 美 [ˈtempərd]
adj. 脾气……的，性情……的；有气质的；温和的，不暴力的
v. 使……温和；使（金属）回火；调整（音阶）（temper 的过去式和过去分词）
temper /ˈtɛmpə/ CET4 TEM4
有变体名词 If you refer to someone's temper or say that they have a temper, you mean that they become angry very easily. 暴躁的脾气
He had a temper and could be nasty.
他脾气暴躁，会令人讨厌。
His short temper had become notorious.
他的急性子已臭名远扬。
有变体名词 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. 情绪
I was in a bad temper last night.
我昨晚情绪不好。
习语 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. 在发脾气中
She was still in a temper when Colin arrived.
科林到的时候她还在发脾气。
习语 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. 发脾气
I've never seen him get mad or lose his temper.
我从未见过他发疯或发火。
回火的；锻炼了的
平均律的
回火的
热处理的
... toughened 动词toughen的过去... tempered 调和的 hardened 冷酷的 ...
... short-tempered 脾气坏的 -tempered 表示"脾气...的... temper 脾气 ...
temperate 温和的；适度的；有节制的
temperance 温暖的；有节制的
temperamentally 气质地
temper 脾气；（钢等）回火；性情；倾向
temperament 气质，性情，性格；急躁
temperance 戒酒；节欲；（气候等的）温和
tempering [机] 回火
temperateness 节制，适度；温和
tempering 调和（temper的ing形式）
temper 回火；调和
temper 使回火；锻炼；调和；使缓和
He was a happy, good-tempered child.
他是个快乐而且脾气很好的孩子。
She gets very bad-tempered when she's tired.
她累的时候就爱发脾气。
He seems bad-tempered, but he's very soft-hearted underneath.
他表面脾气暴躁，实则菩萨心肠。
Borlaug tempered his views somewhat in his later years and led efforts to discourage overuse of insecticides and fertilizers.
VOA : standard.2009.09.16
His admiration for foreign things and approaches was tempered by, as Hughes argues, his devotion to Russia, which he oversaw.
正如休斯所说,他虽然歆慕外国文化,但仍被本国传统所抑制,他还是忠于他统治之下的俄国
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but people are shorter-tempered, but just seem more irritable
但是人们脾气更暴躁，更容易发怒。
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Gray said a release on compassionate grounds must be tempered with justice, the rights of the victims must always be preserved.
VOA : standard.2009.08.24
But,the enthusiasm is tempered by concerns that reckless behavior might lead to further spread of HIV.
VOA : standard.2010.05.29
The market's drop was tempered by better profits at Verizon, Pepsi and Union Pacific.
Incredibly, the Western reaction to this brutal turn of events has been exceedingly tempered.
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But his intense ambition was tempered with values that made him a stronger, deeper person.