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基本英英词源记法近义反义例句Thesaurus例句
adj.气质的¹⁶;性情的²³;性格的⁹;喜怒无常的⁴³;易怒的⁹副词temperamentally
Adjective:
relating to or caused by temperament;temperamental indifference to neatness temperamental peculiarities subject to sharply varying moods;a temperamental opera singer likely to perform unpredictably;erratic winds are the bane of a sailor a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute 来自 temperament,脾性，性情，-al,形容词后缀。引申词义有脾气的，喜怒无常的等。GRE难词记忆temper n.性情， 脾气→temperament n.性情，气质→temperamental a.性情的，由气质引起的 tempern.性情，脾气→temperamentn.性情，气质⇒temperamentala.性情的，由气质引起的近义词 moody易怒的testy易怒的touchy易怒的erratic古怪的variable可变的sensitive灵敏的irritable易怒的volatile不稳定的changeable易变的thin-skinned皮薄的unreliable不可靠的up and down上上下下undependable不可靠的unpredictable不可预知的
形容词75%,名词25%
用作形容词There are physical andtemperamentaldifferences.存在着生理和气质上的差异。
Plato, Locke, Hegel, Spencer, are suchtemperamentalthinkers.柏拉图、洛克、黑格尔、斯宾塞是这种有特殊气质的思想家。
They are firm friends in spite oftemperamentaldifferences.他们尽管性格不同，但仍然友情甚笃。
Actors have the reputation of being highlytemperamental.演员的性情变幻无常是众所周知的。
The actress was sotemperamentalthat many people refused to work with her.那位女演员喜怒无常，许多人都拒绝和她合作。
It was not all plain sailing for thetemperamentalSafin, however.不过对火爆脾气的萨芬来说，一切不是那麽顺利的。adj.moody;irritable
同义词 capricious,erratic,excitable,fickle,headstrong,high-strung,impatient,irritable,mercurial,moody,ornery,passionate,petulant,thin-skinned,unpredictable,unreliable,unstable,volatilechangeable,cussed,easily upset,emotional,explosive,fiery,froward,hotheaded,hyper,hypersensitive,in bad mood,inconsistent,mean,neurotic,sensitive,ticklish,touchy,uncertain,undependable,variable,willful
反义词 calm,constant,dependable,easygoing,happy,laid-back,predictable,reliable,stable,steadfast,steady,tolerant,unchanging,unvaryingpeaceful,pleased
capriciousadjective given to sudden behavior change
any way the wind blows,arbitrary,blowing hot and cold,careless,changeful,contrary,crotchety,effervescent,erratic,every which way,fanciful,fickle,fitful,flaky,flighty,freakish,gaga,helter-skelter,humorsome,impulsive,inconstant,kinky,lubricious,mercurial,moody,mutable,notional,odd,picky,punchy,queer,quirky,ticklish,unpredictable,unreasonable,unstable,up and down,vagarious,variable,volatile,wayward,whimsical,yo-yo
contemptuousadjective arrogant, insolent
audacious,bold,cavalier,cheeky,cold-shoulder,condescending,contumelious,cool,derisive,derisory,disdainful,disrespectful,dog it,hard,hard-nosed,haughty,high-and-mighty,high-hat,insulting,on high horse,opprobrious,sardonic,scornful,sneering,snippy,snobbish,snooty,snotty,supercilious,temperamental,uppity,upstage
emotionaladjective demonstrative about feelings
affecting,ardent,disturbed,ecstatic,emotive,enthusiastic,excitable,exciting,falling apart,fanatical,feeling,fervent,fervid,fickle,fiery,heartwarming,heated,histrionic,histrionical,hot-blooded,hysterical,impassioned,impetuous,impulsive,irrational,moving,nervous,overwrought,passionate,pathetic,poignant,responsive,roused,sensitive,sentient,sentimental,spontaneous,stirred,stirring,susceptible,tear-jerking,temperamental,tender,thrilling,touching,warm,zealous
excitableadjective easily upset or inspired
agitable,alarmable,demonstrative,edgy,emotional,enthusiastic,fidgety,fierce,fiery,galvanic,hasty,high-strung,hot-headed,hot-tempered,hysterical,impatient,impetuous,impulsive,inflammable,intolerant,irascible,mercurial,moody,nervous,neurotic,overzealous,passionate,peevish,quick,quick-tempered,rash,reckless,restless,sensitive,short-fused,skittish,susceptible,temperamental,testy,touchy,uncontrolled,uneasy,vehement,violent,volatile,volcanic
fickleadjective vacillating, blowing hot and cold
arbitrary,capricious,changeable,cheating,coquettish,double-crossing,faithless,fitful,flighty,frivolous,inconstant,irresolute,lubricious,mercurial,mutable,quicksilver,sneaking,temperamental,ticklish,two-timing,unfaithful,unpredictable,unstable,unsteady,untrue,variable,volatile,whimsical,yo-yo
hotadjective passionate, vehement
angry,animated,ardent,aroused,distracted,eager,enthusiastic,excited,fervent,fervid,fierce,fiery,furious,ill-tempered,impassioned,impetuous,indignant,inflamed,intense,irascible,lustful,raging,stormy,temperamental,touchy,violent Among the annual sky- shows, the Leonids shower is like a temperamental rock star: In most years it delivers a modest show, with rates of about15 shooting stars an hour.
从年度天文观测结果来看，狮子座流星群看来是一个变化无常的流星群：在大部分的年份它流星数量适度，一般稳定于每小时出现15颗流星左右。 yeeyan
As a bonus, the downwind design is less temperamental in high winds.
一个不错的结果就是，这种顺风设计在大风中会更加稳固。 ecocn
ERIC CANTONA, a temperamental footballer, once derided Didier Deschamps, his colleague in the French national team, as a mere“water-carrier”.
埃里克•坎通纳，这个脾气火爆的的足球运动员，曾经嘲笑他的法国国家队队友迪迪埃•德尚仅仅是一个“挑水工” 。 ecocn
They're also still wild at heart, temperamental, feisty and sensitive to noise, she said.
导游说；鸵鸟们仍是内心狂野，喜怒无常，烦躁不安，还容易对噪音敏感。 yeeyan
“ Li Na has showed very obvious improvement in both her technique, tactics and psychological approach, ” he said of the temperamental27-year-old.
“李娜已经展现了她在技术，战术和心理上明显的进步，”他谈到这个有个性的27岁姑娘时说。 yeeyan
“ They failed hopelessly, ” one recalled, saying that the machines proved too crude and temperamental to spin properly.
“它们失败得一塌糊涂，”一位专家回忆说。 他评论道，机器确实很粗糙，而且喜怒无常很难转得正常。 yeeyan
And for anyone bored with doped-up cyclists and temperamental tennis players, the Homeless World Cup did seem different.
如果厌烦了服药的自行车手，同神经质的网球选手的话，乞丐世界杯绝对不同寻常。 ecocn
As Mr Mallaby and many others have chronicled, the president’s management style was often temperamental.
正如马拉比先生与其它作者所记载的，这位世界银行主席的管理风格通常都是喜怒无常的。 ecocn
But Seedorf, a Dutchman of Surinamese descent, claimed the temperamental forward is singled out for special treatment for other reasons.
但是西多夫，苏里南裔的荷兰人，却认为这名喜怒无常的前锋是因为其他原因才受到了特殊对待。 yeeyan
ELECTRONICS made a huge leap forward when the delicate and temperamental vacuum tube was replaced by the robust, reliable transistor.
高效、可靠的晶体管替代脆弱、易损的真空管成就电子工业的巨大飞跃。 ecocn
He is temperamental and he could quit anytime if I’m not fully supportive of him.
他这人喜怒无常，并且我如果不全力迎合他的话，他就会随时撒手不干。 yeeyan
In fact, the flash of anger seemed less tough than temperamental.
事实上,闪光的愤怒似乎不那么艰难的比气质。 yeeyan
It isn't a question of you being young. I think it is temperamental. Some people do have that feeling.
这不是你们年轻的问题，我认为,这是喜怒无常的，有些人确实有那种感觉。163
Of course, these adult capacities can and do become deformed, arrested or squashed, depending on parenting, inherited temperamental and other circumstances.
当然，在父母的养育、遗传的性情或其他环境影响下，这些“大人”能力可能而且确实会被改变、抑制或压缩。 yeeyan
She was an intelligent, attractive and somewhat temperamental daughter of a well-to-do doctor.
简的父亲是一位非常富有的医生，她聪明、美丽，但就是有点喜怒无常。 ebigear
Stress, such as that found in disrupted families, seems to impair the ability of temperamental children to adapt to their surroundings, the greater the amount of stress, the less well they adapt.
压力，比如在破裂家庭中产生的压力，似乎削弱了这些喜怒无常的孩子们适应环境的能力，压力越大，他们适应环境的能力越弱。 hjenglish
The artists are talented people with a vision who are a bit temperamental or slightly irrational.
艺术家是天才，他们有远见，但有点情绪化，或者稍微有点不理性。 fortunechina
Though many of the situations we face may seem more important at the time than a confrontation with a temperamental two-year-old, we can learn some valuable lessons from this woman's experience.
虽然我们面对的许多情形，都比与一个任性的两岁小孩相对抗的时刻，重要得多，但是，从这个妇女的亲身经历中，我们可以学到一些宝贵的教训。 yeeyan
What makes them laugh and cry, why are they temperamental, why are they so difficult to get along with, what do they really want?
是什么让他们欢笑和哭泣，为什么他们喜怒无常，为什么他们这么难相处，他们到底想要什么？ yeeyan |