n.
- 情緒；性情，脾氣[C]
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She has a sweet
temper.
她脾氣溫和。
- 暴躁；怒氣[C][U]
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His father is in a
temper today.
他父親今天在發脾氣。
- （鋼等的）韌度；回火[U]
- （皮革的）質地，堅韌性[U]
- 特徵；傾向，趨勢[the S]
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the
temper of modern European poetry
現代歐洲詩歌的趨勢
- 勇氣[U]
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The girl gathered her
temper and spoke her mind.
那姑娘鼓起勇氣說出了自己的想法。
- 冷靜，沉著[U]
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She kept her husband in
temper.
她使丈夫保持冷靜。
vt.
- 【冶】回火
- 鍛鍊
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Hardships
tempered his will.
艱難困苦鍛鍊了他的意志。
- 調和，捏和（黏土等）[（+with）]
- 使變淡；使緩和；使溫和[（+with）]
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Temper justice with mercy.
恩威並施。
- 【音】給（樂器）調音
vi.
- （金屬）經回火後具有適當的韌度
片語
be out of temper with sb.
- 對某人生氣
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She
was again
out of temper with me yesterday.
她昨天又對我生氣。
get/go/fly into a temper
- 發脾氣
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He often
gets into a temper for no reason at all.
他經常無緣無故地發脾氣。
keep/control one's temper
- 不發火
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I think you should learn to
keep your temper on such an occasion.
我認為你應該學會在這種場合沉得住氣。
lose one's temper
- 發脾氣
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He
lost his temper when he saw the room was in such a mess.
當他看到房間裡一團糟時，他發火了。
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:
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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.
