temperamental

美[ˌtemprə'mentl] 英[ˌtemprə'mentl]

adj. 气质的；性情的；性格的；喜怒无常的；易怒的

副词：temperamentally

近义词：moody，touchy，sensitive，thin-skinned，testy，irritable，erratic，unpredictable，unreliable，undependable，upanddown，volatile，changeable，variable，

adj.(形容词)

Adjective

relating to or caused by temperament;
"temperamental indifference to neatness" "temperamental peculiarities"
subject to sharply varying moods;
"a temperamental opera singer"
likely to perform unpredictably;
"erratic winds are the bane of a sailor" "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't" "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"

用作形容词(adj.)

There are physical and temperamental differences.存在着生理和气质上的差异。
Plato, Locke, Hegel, Spencer, are such temperamental thinkers.柏拉图、洛克、黑格尔、斯宾塞是这种有特殊气质的思想家。
They are firm friends in spite of temperamental differences.他们尽管性格不同，但仍然友情甚笃。
Actors have the reputation of being highly temperamental.演员的性情变幻无常是众所周知的。
The actress was so temperamental that many people refused to work with her.那位女演员喜怒无常，许多人都拒绝和她合作。
It was not all plain sailing for the temperamental Safin, however.不过对火爆脾气的萨芬来说，一切不是那麽顺利的。

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