| 单词 | to keep or lose temper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep or lose (one's) temper 3. Mental balance or composure, esp. under provocation of any kind; moderation in or command over the emotions, esp. anger; calmness, equanimity: now usually in the phrases to keep or lose (one's) temper, to be out of temper. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] resteOE peacea1225 egalityc1374 tranquillityc1374 peaceabilityc1384 sobernessc1384 tranquille1412 quietness?a1425 evenheadc1440 equalitya1475 equability1531 sobermood1556 calmness1561 evenness1561 serenity1599 collection1602 equilibrium1608 calm1609 temperateness1609 composedness1611 recollection1611 temper1611 unpassionateness1611 placidity1619 sereneness1628 attemperature1635 quietationa1639 equableness1641 steadiness1642 sedateness1647 imperturbation1648 placidness1654 centredness1662 equanimity1663 composure1667 serenitude1672 equalness1675 unperturbedness1676 dispassion1690 quietism1735 serene1744 relaxednessa1750 self-composure1762 sober-mindedness1767 collectedness1789 unprovokedness1795 comfortableness1815 repose1815 levelness1824 dispassionateness1842 unruffledness1858 passionlessness1867 the mind > emotion > calmness > self-possession or self-control > [noun] repressiona1413 governailc1425 willc1480 self-rule1532 coldness1548 stay1556 presentness of mind1598 coolness1607 cold blooda1609 temper1611 self-discipline1612 retention?1615 presence of mind?1624 self-governance1630 retentiveness1641 self-command1651 self-mastery1652 self-control1653 self-direction1653 self-restraint1656 self-possession1665 possessednessa1698 self-regulation1698 possession1703 retenue1747 sang-froid1750 self-collection1761 render1768 self-collectedness1805 self-repression1821 self-containedness1835 unimpulsiveness1860 cool-headedness1881 sophrosyne1889 cool1964 1611 B. Jonson Catiline iv. sig. I2v Restore your selues, vnto your temper, Fathers; And, without perturbation, heare me speake. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. ii. 190 Neuer could the Strumpet..Once stir my temper . View more context for this quotation 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (civ. 9 Paraphr.) 511 It observes..a temper in its madness. 1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer v. i. 75 Let your wild fury have a vent; and when you have temper, tell me. 1698 J. Collier Short View Immorality Eng. Stage iii. 120 Creon keeps himself within Temper, and gives no ill Language. 1703 N. Rowe Ulysses Ded. The Temper which you have restor'd to our Councils. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 140. ⁋11 I keep my Temper, and win their Money. 1743 J. Morris Serm. vii. 191 The good man was out of temper. 1782 V. Knox Ess. (1819) II. lxxxvi. 148 Public affairs are seldom treated with temper either in writing or conversation. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece V. xxxvii. 20 Teleutias entirely lost his temper. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxii. 120 It would put me out of temper, which is a state of mind I can't endure. 1871 S. Smiles Character i. 9 A weakness..was his want of temper; his genius was sacrificed to his irritability. 1878 S. Walpole Hist. Eng. II. 458 Sir Joseph Yorke told him that he would lose his place if he did not keep his temper. < as lemmas |
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