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单词 well tempered
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Definition of well tempered in English:

well tempered

adjective
  • 1Having a cheerful or emotionally stable disposition.

    (人,动物)脾气好的,温和的

    ‘You'll find her not so well-tempered as she might seem!’
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Any advice for well-tempered students who study with ill-tempered teachers?
    • The next day Avery packed his horse, a well-tempered chestnut gelding named Wesley, and rode away to become a hero.
    • The Greeks looked for a state of equilibrium or balance among these four elements and humors: such a person was said to be well-mixed, or well-tempered.
    • Midnight wasn't the most well tempered horse, even at the best of times, and after a few days of either being ignored by her family or bitten by her horse, Leona had retreated into a sullen silence, breaking it only to make pointed complaints.
    • She made a male friend, and after six months, she found out that he was knowledgeable, well-tempered, has a masters degree from a famous university and worked as a manager at a foreign capital firm.
    • Amazingly well-tempered, I can't remember him ever complaining - not about his hour long commute home, nor about our first year assignments designed to whittle down the class.
    • She wishes for a mild mannered and well tempered young lady to be friends with.
    • There's a well-tempered man who did so much to foster progressive politics and did it fairly harmoniously.
    • All agreed he would be better off on a well tempered mare.
    • As you can see (and probably won't believe), I'm actually quite well-tempered in the mornings.
    • He does not seem to be a… well-tempered sort of gentleman.
    • The exercise of the civic virtues makes one just, courageous, well-tempered, etc. - that is, the civic virtues result in a well-ordered and cultivated mind.
    • Mercy's filly grew to be a well-tempered beautiful mare, though she was too young for riding she provided Claire and I both limitless happiness.
    • Luckily, though, by the time we got there he was incredibly well tempered again and seemed to have a good time playing.
  • 2(of a process or activity) properly regulated, controlled, or moderated.

    (过程,活动)控制好的,调节好的

    the moral example of their well-tempered lives
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At the same time, when she saw me on TV, her face hid a well-tempered revulsion.
    • The adventure in these pages is well tempered with humour.
    • The development and formation of these crystals are what makes well-tempered chocolate.
    • Even then her work challenged the classical ideal that a well-tempered whole must bind the parts in a structured hierarchy.
    • Inviting harmonies and well-tempered innovations in rhythm and accompaniment add to the charm.
    • Hartel's research team has come up with a theory to explain how visual fat bloom develops in well-tempered chocolates.
    • All great music and all great performance, is rooted in the conception of the well-tempered system, defined by Bach.
    • A relaxed but buoyant atmosphere sustained by well-tempered music and the interior design neat and elegant.
    • When you buy chocolate for baking, it should arrive well-tempered.
    • Listen to it of a quiet evening, sung by a good tenor or a well-tempered choir, and you can realise that from pain it is possible to make the truest beauty.

Definition of well tempered in US English:

well tempered

adjective
  • 1(of a person or animal) having a cheerful or emotionally stable disposition.

    (人,动物)脾气好的,温和的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He does not seem to be a… well-tempered sort of gentleman.
    • All agreed he would be better off on a well tempered mare.
    • Midnight wasn't the most well tempered horse, even at the best of times, and after a few days of either being ignored by her family or bitten by her horse, Leona had retreated into a sullen silence, breaking it only to make pointed complaints.
    • She made a male friend, and after six months, she found out that he was knowledgeable, well-tempered, has a masters degree from a famous university and worked as a manager at a foreign capital firm.
    • Amazingly well-tempered, I can't remember him ever complaining - not about his hour long commute home, nor about our first year assignments designed to whittle down the class.
    • The exercise of the civic virtues makes one just, courageous, well-tempered, etc. - that is, the civic virtues result in a well-ordered and cultivated mind.
    • As you can see (and probably won't believe), I'm actually quite well-tempered in the mornings.
    • Mercy's filly grew to be a well-tempered beautiful mare, though she was too young for riding she provided Claire and I both limitless happiness.
    • Any advice for well-tempered students who study with ill-tempered teachers?
    • She wishes for a mild mannered and well tempered young lady to be friends with.
    • There's a well-tempered man who did so much to foster progressive politics and did it fairly harmoniously.
    • Luckily, though, by the time we got there he was incredibly well tempered again and seemed to have a good time playing.
    • The next day Avery packed his horse, a well-tempered chestnut gelding named Wesley, and rode away to become a hero.
    • The Greeks looked for a state of equilibrium or balance among these four elements and humors: such a person was said to be well-mixed, or well-tempered.
    1. 1.1 (of a process or activity) properly regulated, controlled, or moderated.
      (过程,活动)控制好的,调节好的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A relaxed but buoyant atmosphere sustained by well-tempered music and the interior design neat and elegant.
      • Even then her work challenged the classical ideal that a well-tempered whole must bind the parts in a structured hierarchy.
      • All great music and all great performance, is rooted in the conception of the well-tempered system, defined by Bach.
      • The development and formation of these crystals are what makes well-tempered chocolate.
      • Inviting harmonies and well-tempered innovations in rhythm and accompaniment add to the charm.
      • When you buy chocolate for baking, it should arrive well-tempered.
      • Listen to it of a quiet evening, sung by a good tenor or a well-tempered choir, and you can realise that from pain it is possible to make the truest beauty.
      • At the same time, when she saw me on TV, her face hid a well-tempered revulsion.
      • Hartel's research team has come up with a theory to explain how visual fat bloom develops in well-tempered chocolates.
      • The adventure in these pages is well tempered with humour.
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