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单词 temperament
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Definition of temperament in English:

temperament

noun ˈtɛmp(ə)rəm(ə)ntˈtɛmp(ə)rəmənt
  • 1A person's or animal's nature, especially as it permanently affects their behaviour.

    气质;性情,性格,禀赋

    she had an artistic temperament

    她有艺术气质。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In addition, staff personalities and temperaments could have impacted parental knowledge gain.
    • Malls have temperaments and personalities and strange tribal auras; when you enter some malls you get the feeling right away that this is not your place.
    • Not all temperaments suit a collegial environment: not all people are able to attend a course.
    • They must be able to adapt to the different artistic requirements and temperaments of classical, jazz and pop musicians.
    • With so many artistic temperaments involved, it was surprising that the festivals remained so free of cultural clashes.
    • One's diet for example, can affect the body's temperaments and thus influence ones's intellectual moral character.
    • Back in the days of the four humors, people had no problem believing that temperaments emerged from the balance, or imbalance, of chemicals in the body.
    • It is shaped by our own temperaments and personalities that incline us to behave in certain ways, which, in turn, shape how others react to us.
    • In Hinduism you have many deities with various temperaments and nature, so you have the luxury of choosing and bonding with the deity which suits your nature.
    • His design skills and my publishing experience helped balance our individual roles and temperaments.
    • She wrote at length on the four humours and on the temperaments of people according to the phase of the Moon in which they were conceived.
    • Some of these methods are still used today, particularly the concepts of balancing out the four elements, nine temperaments and four humours that make up the human body.
    • Planetary characteristics are defined by these humoural temperaments where, as in nature, warmth and moisture promote health and vitality whilst cold and dryness are conducive to decay.
    • It's learning, for example, to live in community with people of very different temperaments and talents and outlooks and personalities.
    • But this is a temperament election, and neither of these people have temperaments that are frightening, and I think that's the key.
    • The means toward attaining those goals, however, are as varied as our political views, socioeconomic background and individual temperaments.
    • It sorts people into four temperaments: idealists, rationals, artisans, and guardians.
    • Campers' temperaments vary, from easy to difficult, persistent to inattentive, outgoing to withdrawn.
    • Healthy human contact and a spacious, more natural living environment improves their temperaments tremendously.
    • Therapy included a discussion of complementary styles and temperaments.
    Synonyms
    disposition, nature, character, personality, make-up, constitution, complexion, temper, mind, spirit, stamp, mettle, mould
    mood, frame of mind, cast of mind, bent, tendency, attitude, outlook
    archaic grain, humour
    1. 1.1mass noun The tendency to behave angrily or emotionally.
      急躁脾气;容易兴奋(或激动)的性格;易变的性情
      he had begun to show signs of temperament

      他开始显露出急躁的脾气。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He then embarked upon a legal career which was characterised by often brilliant legal exposition, and mercurial temperament.
      • At what age do signs of temperament emerge?
      • All other fairies were nice, but I would like to see more temperament in every character.
      • Women with the aspect often have an excessively emotional temperament.
      • Autocratic rages and selfish bursts of temperament seem not to have been in his repertoire.
      • "Ross showed signs of temperament early on," reports John.
      • But his volatile temperament sometimes landed him in serious trouble with the authorities.
      • Actually, it is not the Englishman's performances that will be closely examined, but signs that he is managing to keep his suspect temperament in check.
      • His emotional and dramatic temperament is well suited to the imaginative and affective dimensions of Ignatian prayer.
      Synonyms
      volatility, excitability, emotionalism, mercurialness, capriciousness, hot-headedness, quick-temperedness, hot-temperedness, irritability, impatience, petulance
      moodiness, touchiness, sensitivity, oversensitivity, hypersensitivity
  • 2mass noun The adjustment of intervals in tuning a piano or other musical instrument so as to fit the scale for use in different keys; in equal temperament, the octave consists of twelve equal semitones.

    调(音)律(在平均律中,8度音阶包含有12个均等的半音程)

    this temperament became standard tuning for all the new organs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The middle octave on the piano is shown as a standard example of equal temperament.
    • The whole topic of temperament and tuning is sensibly presented, and there are even hints on the purchase and care of instruments.
    • In this equal temperament system of tuning, the frequencies of notes on a keyboard are related by a fairly simple mathematical relationship involving the number of keys (half-steps) between the notes.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin temperamentum 'correct mixture', from temperare 'mingle'. In early use the word was synonymous with the noun temper.

Definition of temperament in US English:

temperament

nounˈtɛmp(ə)rəməntˈtemp(ə)rəmənt
  • 1A person's or animal's nature, especially as it permanently affects their behavior.

    气质;性情,性格,禀赋

    she had an artistic temperament

    她有艺术气质。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some of these methods are still used today, particularly the concepts of balancing out the four elements, nine temperaments and four humours that make up the human body.
    • Healthy human contact and a spacious, more natural living environment improves their temperaments tremendously.
    • It's learning, for example, to live in community with people of very different temperaments and talents and outlooks and personalities.
    • Campers' temperaments vary, from easy to difficult, persistent to inattentive, outgoing to withdrawn.
    • His design skills and my publishing experience helped balance our individual roles and temperaments.
    • In addition, staff personalities and temperaments could have impacted parental knowledge gain.
    • Therapy included a discussion of complementary styles and temperaments.
    • She wrote at length on the four humours and on the temperaments of people according to the phase of the Moon in which they were conceived.
    • But this is a temperament election, and neither of these people have temperaments that are frightening, and I think that's the key.
    • One's diet for example, can affect the body's temperaments and thus influence ones's intellectual moral character.
    • Planetary characteristics are defined by these humoural temperaments where, as in nature, warmth and moisture promote health and vitality whilst cold and dryness are conducive to decay.
    • Not all temperaments suit a collegial environment: not all people are able to attend a course.
    • In Hinduism you have many deities with various temperaments and nature, so you have the luxury of choosing and bonding with the deity which suits your nature.
    • It is shaped by our own temperaments and personalities that incline us to behave in certain ways, which, in turn, shape how others react to us.
    • Back in the days of the four humors, people had no problem believing that temperaments emerged from the balance, or imbalance, of chemicals in the body.
    • It sorts people into four temperaments: idealists, rationals, artisans, and guardians.
    • With so many artistic temperaments involved, it was surprising that the festivals remained so free of cultural clashes.
    • The means toward attaining those goals, however, are as varied as our political views, socioeconomic background and individual temperaments.
    • Malls have temperaments and personalities and strange tribal auras; when you enter some malls you get the feeling right away that this is not your place.
    • They must be able to adapt to the different artistic requirements and temperaments of classical, jazz and pop musicians.
    Synonyms
    disposition, nature, character, personality, make-up, constitution, complexion, temper, mind, spirit, stamp, mettle, mould
    1. 1.1 The tendency to behave angrily or emotionally.
      急躁脾气;容易兴奋(或激动)的性格;易变的性情
      he had begun to show signs of temperament

      他开始显露出急躁的脾气。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • "Ross showed signs of temperament early on," reports John.
      • All other fairies were nice, but I would like to see more temperament in every character.
      • He then embarked upon a legal career which was characterised by often brilliant legal exposition, and mercurial temperament.
      • Autocratic rages and selfish bursts of temperament seem not to have been in his repertoire.
      • Women with the aspect often have an excessively emotional temperament.
      • Actually, it is not the Englishman's performances that will be closely examined, but signs that he is managing to keep his suspect temperament in check.
      • At what age do signs of temperament emerge?
      • His emotional and dramatic temperament is well suited to the imaginative and affective dimensions of Ignatian prayer.
      • But his volatile temperament sometimes landed him in serious trouble with the authorities.
      Synonyms
      volatility, excitability, emotionalism, mercurialness, capriciousness, hot-headedness, quick-temperedness, hot-temperedness, irritability, impatience, petulance
  • 2The adjustment of intervals in tuning a piano or other musical instrument so as to fit the scale for use in different keys; in equal temperament, the octave consists of twelve equal semitones.

    调(音)律(在平均律中,8度音阶包含有12个均等的半音程)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The middle octave on the piano is shown as a standard example of equal temperament.
    • In this equal temperament system of tuning, the frequencies of notes on a keyboard are related by a fairly simple mathematical relationship involving the number of keys (half-steps) between the notes.
    • The whole topic of temperament and tuning is sensibly presented, and there are even hints on the purchase and care of instruments.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin temperamentum ‘correct mixture’, from temperare ‘mingle’. In early use the word was synonymous with the noun temper.

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