temperamental

英 [ˌtemprə'mentl] 美 [ˌtemprə'mentl]

• adj. 气质的；性情的；性格的；喜怒无常的；易怒的

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 气质的
2. 性情的，性格的
3. <口>喜怒无常的，易怒的
4. 捉摸不定的，反复无常的
5. 不可靠的
6. 性情暴躁的
7. 神经质的
8. 多变的
9. 易出故障的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. relating to or caused by temperament;

   "temperamental indifference to neatness"
   "temperamental peculiarities"
   

2. subject to sharply varying moods;

   "a temperamental opera singer"
   

3. 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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. There are physical and temperamental differences.
   存在着生理和气质上的差异。
2. Plato, Locke, Hegel, Spencer, are such temperamental thinkers.
   柏拉图、洛克、黑格尔、斯宾塞是这种有特殊气质的思想家。
3. They are firm friends in spite of temperamental differences.
   他们尽管性格不同，但仍然友情甚笃。
4. Actors have the reputation of being highly temperamental.
   演员的性情变幻无常是众所周知的。
5. The actress was so temperamental that 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。
6. It was not all plain sailing for the temperamental Safin, however.
   不过对火爆脾气的萨芬来说，一切不是那麽顺利的。

经典引文

• Lawrence, isolated and lonely in Cornwall, was pleased to form a friendship with his temperamental opposite.

  出自： J. Meyers

近反义词

【近义词】

• moody 易怒的
• touchy 易怒的
• sensitive 灵敏的
• thin-skinned 皮薄的
• testy 易怒的
• irritable 易怒的
• erratic 古怪的
• unpredictable 不可预知的
• unreliable 不可靠的
• undependable 不可靠的
• up and down 上上下下
• volatile 不稳定的
• changeable 易变的
• variable 可变的