Question

temperamental adj.气质的；性情的；性格的；喜怒无常的；易怒的 (1) 存在着生理和气质上的差异。(2) 柏拉图、洛克、黑格尔、斯宾塞是这种有特殊气质的思想家。(3) 演员的性情变幻无常是众所周知的。(4) 那位女演员喜怒无常，许多人都拒绝和她合作。(5) 不过对火爆脾气的萨芬来说，一切不是那麽顺利的。 The adjective temperamental can also be used to describe objects that behave unpredictably. A temperamental air conditioner can make for a long, hot summer. Fortunately, you're not temperamental or you might have smashed it to bits by now. The second “e” in temperamental gets swallowed so that it sounds like "temp-ra-MENT-al" (four syllables).

Accepted Answer

英 [ˌtemprə'mentl] 美 [ˌtemprə'mentl] (1) There are physical and temperamental differences.(2) Plato, Locke, Hegel, Spencer, are such temperamental thinkers.(3) Actors have the reputation of being highly temperamental.(4) The actress was so temperamental that many people refused to work with her.(5) It was not all plain sailing for the temperamental Safin, however. If your moods change quickly and dramatically, people might describe you as temperamental. If you weren't so temperamental, maybe your friends would open up to you more. Did I say something wrong? 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]爱发脾气的；脾气乖张的；喜怒无常的 If you say that someone is temperamental, you are criticizing them for not being calm or quiet by nature, but having moods that change often and suddenly.   [disapproval]He is very temperamental and critical.他好使性子，还爱挑毛病。...a man given to temperamental outbursts and paranoia.喜怒无常、生性多疑的人2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](机器、汽车)老出问题的，易出故障的，性能不稳的 If you describe something such as a machine or car as temperamental, you mean that it often does not work properly. I first started cruising in yachts with temperamental petrol engines...我刚开始驾驶游艇航行时，艇上的汽油发动机老出毛病。Vickers machine-guns could be temperamental.维克斯机枪有时会出故障。

英语单词	temperamental
英美音标	英 [ˌtemprə'mentl] 美 [ˌtemprə'mentl]
中文释义	adj.气质的；性情的；性格的；喜怒无常的；易怒的
英语例句	(1) There are physical and temperamental differences. (2) Plato, Locke, Hegel, Spencer, are such temperamental thinkers. (3) Actors have the reputation of being highly temperamental. (4) The actress was so temperamental that many people refused to work with her. (5) It was not all plain sailing for the temperamental Safin, however.
中文例句	(1) 存在着生理和气质上的差异。 (2) 柏拉图、洛克、黑格尔、斯宾塞是这种有特殊气质的思想家。 (3) 演员的性情变幻无常是众所周知的。 (4) 那位女演员喜怒无常，许多人都拒绝和她合作。 (5) 不过对火爆脾气的萨芬来说，一切不是那麽顺利的。
vocabulary简明	If your moods change quickly and dramatically, people might describe you as temperamental. If you weren't so temperamental, maybe your friends would open up to you more. Did I say something wrong?
vocabulary扩展	The adjective temperamental can also be used to describe objects that behave unpredictably. A temperamental air conditioner can make for a long, hot summer. Fortunately, you're not temperamental or you might have smashed it to bits by now. The second “e” in temperamental gets swallowed so that it sounds like "temp-ra-MENT-al" (four syllables).
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]爱发脾气的；脾气乖张的；喜怒无常的 If you say that someone is temperamental, you are criticizing them for not being calm or quiet by nature, but having moods that change often and suddenly. [disapproval] He is very temperamental and critical. 他好使性子，还爱挑毛病。 ...a man given to temperamental outbursts and paranoia. 喜怒无常、生性多疑的人 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](机器、汽车)老出问题的，易出故障的，性能不稳的 If you describe something such as a machine or car as temperamental, you mean that it often does not work properly. I first started cruising in yachts with temperamental petrol engines... 我刚开始驾驶游艇航行时，艇上的汽油发动机老出毛病。 Vickers machine-guns could be temperamental. 维克斯机枪有时会出故障。

Temperamental Describe People Work Moods Change I Adj Graded