2N-VAR [oft adjective NOUN] [oft inNOUN]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
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。
In a fit of bad temper, Dougie threw the deep fat fryer overboard.
4PHRASE 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
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。
5PHRASE 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
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。
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bad temper, explosive temper, quick temper, short temper, violent temper1
1tendency to become angry easily脾氣ADJECTIVE | ... OF TEMPER | VERB + TEMPER | TEMPER + VERB | TEMPER + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bad, explosive, fierce, fiery, hot, nasty, terrible, violent, volatile壞脾氣;一點就爆的脾氣;火暴的脾氣;極壞的脾氣;暴烈的脾氣;反複無常的脾氣▸➤quick, short急脾氣;暴躁的脾氣▸➤uncontrollable難以控制的脾氣... OF TEMPER➤display, fit, flash, outburst一通脾氣發作;一通發火◇He broke the chair in a fit of violent temper.他大發雷霆,把椅子摔壞了。VERB + TEMPER➤have有⋯脾氣◇He has a nasty temper.他脾氣很壞。➤control, keep捺住性子;忍住脾氣◇I only just managed to keep my temper with him.我勉強忍住沒有對他發脾氣。➤lose發脾氣◇She loses her temper easily.她動不動就發脾氣。TEMPER + VERB➤flare, rise脾氣發作/上來◇Tempers flared as the traffic jam became worse.隨着交通堵塞狀況的惡化,人們火氣越來越大。➤cool, cool down怒氣緩和TEMPER + NOUN➤tantrum耍小孩兒脾氣PHRASES➤keep your temper in check, keep your temper under control控制住脾氣◇He had to learn to keep his temper under control before he could become a teacher.他得先學會控制自己的脾氣,然後才能當老師。temper
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2way you are feeling心情ADJECTIVE | VERB + TEMPER | TEMPER + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤bad, filthy, foul, ill, terrible壞心情;糟糕的情緒;極壞的心情◇Peter's comments were responsible for her ill temper.彼得的話讓她心情不好。➤good好心情▸➤frayed煩躁的情緒◇Frayed tempers at the end led to three players being sent off.終場前的急躁情緒導致 3 名隊員被罰下場。VERB + TEMPER➤improve使情緒好轉TEMPER + VERB➤improve情緒改善▸➤fray情緒變煩躁PREPOSITION➤in a temper情緒不佳◇He stormed out of the room in a temper.他怒氣沖沖地出了房間。
temper ♦︎ tantrum ♦︎ rage ♦︎ mood ♦︎ sulk ♦︎ huffThese are all words for a short period of angry behaviour or of feeling angry.这些词均表示发脾气、怒气、不悦。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺下图显示这些词所表达发脾气的程度
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PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be in a temper / rage / huff at / about / over sth◆in a temper / rage / mood / sulk / huff◆a violent temper / tantrum / rage◆to have a temper / a tantrum / the sulks◆to get in a temper / rage / huff◆to fly into a temper / rage■temper [countable, usually singular, uncountable] if sb has a temper, they get angry easily脾气;易怒的性情◆He has a short / quick temper(= gets angry very easily).他是个急性子。◆You must learn to control your temper.你得学会捺住性子。◆After an hour of waiting tempers began to fray(= people began to get angry).等了一个小时后,大伙开始冒火了。◆She broke the plates in a fit of temper.她一气之下把盘子都摔碎了。ⓘ A temper is also a short period of feeling very angry. * temper亦指一阵暴怒、怒气◆She says awful things when she's in a temper.她一发脾气说话就很难听。 see also lose your temper ⇨ lose your temper■tantrum ˈtæntrəm [countable] a sudden short period of angry, unreasonable behaviour, especially in a child(尤指儿童)耍脾气,使性子◆They claimed she threw tantrums and was difficult to work with.他们说她爱使性子,很难一起工作。◆Young children often have temper tantrums.小孩子经常爱使性子。■rage [countable] a period of violent anger that is difficult to control暴怒;狂怒◆Sue stormed out in a rage.苏大发雷霆。◆She attacked him in a jealous rage.她因妒忌而发怒攻击他。 see also rage ⇨ angernoun■mood [countable] a period of being angry or impatient坏心境;坏脾气◆I wonder why he's in such a mood today.我不知道他为什么今天脾气这么坏。◆She was in one of her moods(= one of her regular periods of being angry or impatient).她心情又不好了。◆to be in a bad / foul / filthy / terrible mood情绪不佳/很差/很坏/极糟 see also mood ⇨ mood, moody ⇨ moody■sulk [countable] (BrE alsothe sulks [plural]) a period of being silent and bad-tempered because you are annoyed about sth生闷气;愠怒◆Jo was in a sulk upstairs.乔在楼上生闷气。◆Ed's got the sulks again.埃德又生闷气了。 see also sulk ⇨ broodverb, sulky ⇨ irritable■huff [countable] (informal) a period of being bad-tempered, especially because sb has annoyed or upset you怒气冲冲,生气(尤指被人惹恼或烦乱所致)◆She went home in a huff.她怒气冲冲地回家了。