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| /ˈtempə/ |
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| 1 | C/U a tendency to get angry very quickly 暴躁脾气；坏脾气 |
| That temper of yours is going to get you into trouble. 你的那种坏脾气会给你带来麻烦的。 |
| She should never have married a man with such a violent temper. 她真不该和这种脾气暴躁的人结婚。 |
| have a short temper (=become angry very quickly) He’ s not a bad boss, but he has a short temper. 脾气暴躁；脾气坏 |
| control your temper Andrew has not yet learned to control his temper. 安德鲁还没学会忍住性子。 |
| tempers flare (=people get angry) Tempers flared and things began to get out of control. |
| tempers fray (=people start to get angry) It was a difficult meeting and tempers got a bit frayed. （人们）开始按捺不住性子 |
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| 2 | singular/U a particular emotional state or mood 情绪；心情 |
| in a bad/foul/terrible etc temper When Mark turned up he was in a foul temper. 马克到达时心情很坏。 |
| in a good temper He seems to be in a good temper. 他好像心情不错。 |
| | 2a | an extremely angry state 大怒 | | be in a temper He doesn’ t mean what he says when he’ s in a temper. 他大怒时往往词不达意。 | | get/fly into a temper When she refused to help, he flew into a temper. 当她拒绝帮忙时，他就大发脾气。 | | a fit of temper (=a sudden short period of uncontrolled anger) He stormed out of the room in a fit of temper. 一阵狂怒 | | a temper tantrum (=a sudden short period of uncontrolled anger) As a small child he had had violent temper tantrums. 一阵狂怒 | |
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| - | keep your temper (with)
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| to stay calm and not get angry |
| （对…）按捺住性子 |
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| It’ s important to keep your temper with the children. 对孩子按捺住性子是很重要的。 |
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| - | lose your temper (with)
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| to become very angry |
| （对…）发脾气 |
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| She hardly ever lost her temper. 她几乎没发过脾气。 |
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| - | temper, temper spoken
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| used for telling someone to stop being angry in an unreasonable way |
| 别发火；消消气 |
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| Words frequently used with temper | | temper 的常见搭配词 | | adjectives | bad, fiery, foul, nasty, quick, short, violent, | 1 | | | |
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