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. 坏脾气;暴脾气
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He had a temper and could be nasty.
他脾气不大好，有时凶得很。
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His short temper had become notorious.
他的臭脾气是出了名的。
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I hope he can control his temper.
我希望他能克制住自己的脾气。
SYN irritability, anger, irascibility, passion
2 N-VAR [oft adjective NOUN] [oft in NOUN] 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. 情绪;心情
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I was in a bad temper last night.
昨晚我心情不好。
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He was in a very good temper.
他当时心情非常好。
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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。
SYN rage, fury, bad mood, passion
3 VERB 使缓和;使温和 To temper something means to make it less extreme. 使缓和;使温和 [formal]
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For others, especially the young and foolish, the state will temper justice with mercy. [VERB noun + with]
对待其他人时，尤其是年轻人和愚蠢的人，国家会刚柔并济。
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He had to learn to temper his enthusiasm. [VERB noun]
他得学着给自己的热情降温。
SYN moderate, restrain, tone down, calm
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. 发脾气/开始发火
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. 发脾气;大发雷霆
| Word Partnership | Use temper with: |
| ADJ. | bad temper, explosive temper, quick temper, short temper, violent temper 1 |
| N. | temper tantrum 1 |
| VERB. | control your temper, have a temper 1 lose your temper 5 |
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