tempered
英['temp?d]
美
- adj. 緩和的，溫和的；調節的；有…氣質的
- v. 調和（temper的過去分詞）
英文詞源
- tempered (adj.)
- 1650s, "brought to desired hardness" (of metals, especially steel), past participle adjective from temper (v.). Meaning "toned down by admixture" is from 1650s; of music or musical instruments, "tuned," from 1727.
雙語例句
- 1. My father, who had always been very self-controlled, became bad-tempered.
- 平素一直非常自制的父親變得暴躁了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. When his headaches developed Nick became bad-tempered and even violent.
- 尼克出現頭痛時脾氣就變得很差，甚至還會動粗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The early ambitions of youthful enthusiasm soon become tempered with realism.
- 之前年少時對理想抱負懷有的一腔熱情很快便被現實澆滅。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. It was a day of tense and often ill-tempered debate.
- 那天的辯論緊張激烈，常常火藥味十足。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. He sounded like an ill-tempered child.
- 他聽起來像一個脾氣暴躁的孩子。
來自柯林斯例句