temper
英['tempə(r)] 美['tempər]
"his temper sparked like damp firewood"
"whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time"
"he was in a bad humor"
"his temper was well known to all his employees"
"temper glass"
"temper steel"
"she tempered her criticism"
1.坏脾气;暴脾气
If you refer to someone'stemper or say that they have atemper, you mean that they become angry very easily.
e.g. He had atemper and could be nasty...
他脾气不大好，有时凶得很。
e.g. His shorttemper had become notorious...
他的臭脾气是出了名的。
2.情绪;心情
Yourtemper is the way you are feeling at a particular time. If you arein a goodtemper, you feel cheerful. If you arein a badtemper, you feel angry and impatient.
e.g. I was in a badtemper last night...
昨晚我心情不好。
e.g. He was in a very goodtemper...
他当时心情非常好。
3.使缓和;使温和
Totemper something means to make it less extreme.
e.g. For others, especially the young and foolish, the state willtemper 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。
e.g. He had to learn totemper his enthusiasm.
他得学着给自己的热情降温。
4.发脾气/开始发火
If someone isin a temper or getsinto a temper, the way that they are behaving shows that they are feeling angry and impatient.
temper
e.g. She was still in atemper when Colin arrived...
科林到的时候，她气还没有消。
e.g. When I try to explain how I feel he just flies into atemper.
我刚要解释我心里是怎么想的，他就勃然大怒。
5.发脾气;大发雷霆
If youlose yourtemper, you become so angry that you shout at someone or show in some other way that you are no longer in control of yourself.
e.g. I've never seen him get cross or lose histemper...
我从未见过他生气或者发火。
e.g. I lost mytemper and banged my book down on the desk.
我大发雷霆，把书砰地往课桌上一摔。
1. 回火：其它的条件还包括了在加热及淬火过程中大气本身的状况,以及进行热处理之前钢材本身的硬度. 拥有好的工程品质,以油来淬火的步骤如下:7. 在某一温度再回火(temper)一段时间. 现在我们来比比看一般的锻造者处理淬火的步骤:
2. 脾气：偏偏老天爷忽然发起脾气(temper)来,霎时间下起了倾盆大雨,白素贞和小青被淋得无处藏身,正发愁呢,突然只觉头顶多了一把伞,转身一看,只见一位温文尔雅、白净秀气的年轻书生撑着伞在为她们遮雨.
3. temper
3. 心情：近来心情(temper)郁闷,总有感慨无数. 一人闯荡在外,起初觉得挺酷. 如今回头一看,寂寞凄惨无助. 自小练文习武,觉得是个人物. 没想老大不小,仍然没人光顾. 少年(youngster)暗恋对象,早已嫁作人妇. 那天遇见街头,孩子叫我叔叔.
He slammed the door in a temper.
他生气地摔门。
You should learn to keep your temper under control.
你应该学会控制自己的脾气。
They are of congenial temper.
他们的性情相投。
If you temper criticism with reason,everyone can obey you.
如果以说理来缓和批评，谁都会服从你。
Mary tried to temper her father's anger with soothing words .
玛丽力图用温柔的话语来平息他父亲的怒气。
Short of being able to prove he's completely negligent, all we can do is our best to temper his actions.
除了证明他在监护上的完全疏忽，我们只能尽最大努力调和他的行为。
Difficult circumstances can temper one's will.
艰苦的环境能磨练人的意志。
He decided to temper himself in grass-roots unit.
他已经决定到基层去锻炼。
a violent'/short'/quick, etc. temper
烈性子、急性子、火性子等
He must learn to control his temper .
他得学会捺住性子。
She broke the plates in a fit of temper .
她一气之下把盘子摔碎了。
After an hour of waiting, tempers began to fray (= people began to get angry) .
等了一个小时后，大伙儿开始冒火了。
to fly into a temper
勃然大怒
She says awful things when she's in a temper .
她一发脾气说话就难听。
Come back when you're in a better temper.
心情好些时再回来。
to be in a bad, foul, etc. temper
心情不好、很坏等
good-'/bad-tempered
脾气好 / 坏
a sweet-tempered child
性情温和的小孩
She lost her temper with a customer and shouted at him.
她对一位顾客发了脾气，冲着人家大喊大叫。
I struggle to keep my temper with the kids when they misbehave.
孩子们淘气时，我强捺住性子不发脾气。
Justice must be tempered with mercy.
法外尚需施恩。
He had a temper and could be nasty...
他脾气不大好，有时凶得很。
His short temper had become notorious...
他的臭脾气是出了名的。
I was in a bad temper last night...
昨晚我心情不好。
He was in a very good temper...
他当时心情非常好。
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。
He had to learn to temper his enthusiasm.
他得学着给自己的热情降温。
She was still in a temper when Colin arrived...
科林到的时候，她气还没有消。
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。
I've never seen him get cross or lose his temper...
我从未见过他生气或者发火。
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。
He lost his temper and snapped irritably at the children.
他发火了,暴躁地斥责孩子们.
He has a savage temper.
他脾气粗暴.
For the curing and keeping in temper of the body.
出自：J. LylyAs wine is tempered with water, so let discretion temper zeale.
出自：Henry Smith