| 单词 | temperamental |
| 释义 | temperamental (once / 5032 pages) adj 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? 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). WORD FAMILYtemperamental: temperamentally+/temperament: temperamental, temperaments USAGE EXAMPLESAnd what connects the other Americans in town: the kind arts patrons, the temperamental painter, his estranged brother? Slate(Dec 08, 2016) Jones could be a direct, ornery, at times even temperamental figure. Los Angeles Times(Nov 19, 2016) Perhaps the rainy weather can take some of the blame: Period instruments are famously temperamental. New York Times(Nov 16, 2016) 1adj subject to sharply varying moods a temperamental opera singer Syn moody emotional of more than usual emotion 2adj relating to or caused by temperament temperamental indifference to neatness temperamental peculiarities 3adj likely to perform unpredictably a temperamental motor "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster Syn erratic undependable, unreliable not worthy of reliance or trust |
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