temperament

英 [ˈtemprəmənt]

美 [ˈtemprəmənt]

n.  (人或动物的)气质，性情，性格，禀性; 易冲动; (性情)暴躁; 喜怒无常

复数：temperaments　

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牛津词典

noun

• （人或动物的）气质，性情，性格，禀性
  a person's or an animal's nature as shown in the way they behave or react to situations or people
  1. to have an artistic temperament
     有艺术家的气质
  2. a horse with an excellent temperament
     性情温顺的马
  3. She's a dreamer and a romantic by temperament .
     她生性异想天开，浪漫多情。
• 易冲动；（性情）暴躁；喜怒无常
  the tendency to get emotional and excited very easily and behave in an unreasonable way
  1. an actor given to displays of temperament
     性情喜怒无常的演员

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 性格;性情;秉性
  Yourtemperamentis your basic nature, especially as it is shown in the way that you react to situations or to other people.
  1. His impulsive temperament regularly got him into difficulties...
     他容易冲动，经常因此惹麻烦。
  2. She was furtive and vicious by temperament.
     她本来做事就偷偷摸摸，心肠狠毒。
• N-UNCOUNT 爱发脾气;脾气乖张;喜怒无常
  Temperamentis the tendency to behave in an uncontrolled, bad-tempered, or unreasonable way.
  1. Mark does have a habit of allowing his temperament to get the better of him...
     马克的确经常由着自己的性子来。
  2. Some of the models were given to fits of temperament.
     有些模情喜怒无常。

英英释义

noun

• an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
• your usual mood
  1. he has a happy disposition
  Synonym:disposition
• excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)

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