temper /ˈtɛmpə/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-VAR If you refer to someone's temper or say that they have a temper, you mean that they become angry very easily. 暴躁的脾气

  例：

  He had a temper and could be nasty.

  他脾气暴躁，会令人讨厌。

  例：

  His short temper had become notorious.

  他的急性子已臭名远扬。

• 2. 

  N-VAR Your temper is the way you are feeling at a particular time. If you are in a good temper, you feel cheerful. If you are in a bad temper, you feel angry and impatient. 情绪

  例：

  I was in a bad temper last night.

  我昨晚情绪不好。

• 3. 

  PHRASE If someone is in a temper or gets into a temper, the way that they are behaving shows that they are feeling angry and impatient. 在发脾气中

  例：

  She was still in a temper when Colin arrived.

  科林到的时候她还在发脾气。

• 4. 

  PHRASE If you lose your temper, you become so angry that you shout at someone or show in some other way that you are no longer in control of yourself. 发脾气

  例：

  I've never seen him get mad or lose his temper.

  我从未见过他发疯或发火。