tempestuous

英 [temˈpestʃuəs]

美 [temˈpestʃuəs]

adj.  激烈的; 狂暴的; 骚动的; 狂风暴雨的; 大风暴的

GRE

BNC.32970 / COCA.25087

牛津词典

adj.

• 激烈的；狂暴的；骚动的
  full of extreme emotions
  1. a tempestuous relationship
     冲突不断的关系
• 狂风暴雨的；大风暴的
  caused by or affected by a violent storm
  1. tempestuous seas
     波涛汹涌的大海

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (关系)紧张的，跌宕起伏的;(局势)动荡不定的，风云变幻的
  If you describe a relationship or a situation astempestuous, you mean that very strong and intense emotions, especially anger, are involved.
  1. For years, the couple's tempestuous relationship made the headlines...
     有好多年，那对夫妻跌宕起伏的关系总是登上报纸头条。
  2. Somehow the marriage lasted for eight tempestuous months.
     不管怎么说，那场婚姻还是维持了 8 个月，其间双方的关系一直很紧张。

英英释义

adj

• (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
  1. angry clouds on the horizon
  2. furious winds
  3. the raging sea
  Synonym:angryfuriousragingwild
• characterized by violent emotions or behavior
  1. a stormy argument
  2. a stormy marriage
  Synonym:stormy

双语例句

• Somehow the marriage lasted for eight tempestuous months.
  不管怎么说，那场婚姻还是维持了8个月，其间双方的关系一直很紧张。
• But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroaquilo.
  可是，过了不久，有一种称为「东北风」的飓风，向岛上冲来。
• It lies at the heart of one of the most tempestuous alliances in art between Vincent Van Gogh and his mentor Paul Gauguin.
  这是艺术史上最狂暴的一段关系的中心，也就是文森特梵高和他的导师保罗高更。
• Now, in his newly published diaries, David Blunkett ( the British politician in question) has conceded that his mental state was anything but robust during the tempestuous goings-on of the past two years.
  现在，布伦基特（英国政界的话题人物）在自己新出版的日记里承认，在过去两年的多事之秋，他的精神状态糟透了。
• As one senior executive puts it, the US economy at the moment is like a stormy sea: tempestuous for those looking at it from the top but a lot calmer for those inhabiting its deeper reaches.
  如同一位高管所言，目前的美国经济就像是暴风雨中的海洋：对于那些从海面来看的人来说，是一片狂风骤雨，而对于深居海底的来说，则要平静得多。
• And in China, People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan embarks on a third term with one of the most difficult challenges of all: Opening the world's second largest economy to the tempestuous global flows of capital while managing an escalating domestic debt boom.
  在中国，刚刚开始第三个任期的中国央行行长周小川面临有史以来最艰巨的挑战之一：向波涛汹涌的全球资本敞开中国的大门，应对日益严峻的中国债务膨胀问题。
• April could prove a tempestuous time in your private life.
  4月份可能是你个人生活中一段不平静的时期。
• For years, the couple's tempestuous relationship made the headlines
  有好多年，那对夫妻跌宕起伏的关系总是登上报纸头条。
• Spinelli's relationship with the striker has often been a tempestuous one, but he denied that it had caused an irrevocable split.
  斯皮内利和卢卡雷利的关系常常紧张，但他否定了二人的关系会导致球队的一次必然的分裂。
• It was a little difficult to perform, at first, because my character drinks and is very open-minded, and that is not really typical Korean, said Lee Ji-yeon, who plays Sara, a tempestuous New Yorker, in the musical.
  在剧中扮演情绪化的纽约人萨拉的李芝妍（LeeJi-yeon，音译）说，一开始，表演有点儿难，因为我扮演的人物爱喝酒，而且思想非常开放，她不太像韩国人。