temper
节制,回火,脾气,锻炼
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Definitions
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- : a particular state of mind or feelings.
- : habit of mind, especially with respect to irritability or patience, outbursts of anger, or the like; disposition: an even temper.
- : heat of mind or passion, shown in outbursts of anger, resentment, etc.
- : calm disposition or state of mind: to be out of temper.
- : a substance added to something to modify its properties or qualities.
- : Metallurgy. the degree of hardness and strength imparted to a metal, as by quenching, heat treatment, or cold working.the percentage of carbon in tool steel.the operation of tempering.
- : Archaic. a middle course; compromise.
- : Obsolete. the constitution or character of a substance.
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- : to moderate or mitigate: to temper justice with mercy.
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Examples
He could be moody and irritable in the best of times, but now it was ratcheted up to new levels of intensity, and it seemed like I was often bearing the brunt of his foul temper.
JaMarcus had always been slow to anger, but DeArthur noticed he was developing a temper.
It felt like really bad parenting — your child threw a temper tantrum and you gave him the cake just to shut him up.
He had a temper we couldn’t predict, but in the afternoons, the two of us could spend hours exploring the world inside his parking lot.
I can’t rationalize as much as I want to why I was a yeller or continue to have a bad temper.
“When I was a kid I used to have temper tantrums on the basketball court,” he says.
“I have an unfortunate temper that flares up not too often, thank God,” Baquet says.
He is said to have received a warning from the overall al Qaeda organization to temper his videos.
Any argument I try to hold comes tumbling out in the form of a whiny temper tantrum.
Again, the Israeli temper is hot and quick, sometimes reason becomes blinded and emotions take control.
The Marshals were inclined to attribute their disgrace to the ill-will of Berthier and not to the temper of Napoleon.