temperament
英 ['temp(ə)rəm(ə)nt]
美 ['tɛmprəmənt]
助记提示
1. temperament => 气质(展示出来的脾气).
2. disposition => 气质(处理事件的方式).
中文词源
temperament 脾性，性情，性格来自 temper,脾性，性情，-ment,名词后缀。
英文词源
- temperament (n.)
- late 14c., "proportioned mixture of elements," from Latin temperamentum "proper mixture, a mixing in due proportion," from temperare "to mix" (see temper (v.)). In medieval theory, it meant a combination of qualities (hot, cold, moist, dry) that determined the nature of an organism; thus also "a combination of the four humors (sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, and melancholic) that made up a person's characteristic disposition." General sense of "habit of mind, natural disposition" is from 1821.
双语例句
- 1. Her mental capacity and temperament are as remarkable as his.
- 她的才智和气质和他一样出众。
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- 2. Some of the models were given to fits of temperament.
- 有些模情喜怒无常。
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- 3. His only weakness is his temperament.
- 他唯一的缺点就是他那脾气。
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- 4. She was furtive and vicious by temperament.
- 她本来做事就偷偷摸摸，心肠狠毒。
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- 5. His impulsive temperament regularly got him into difficulties.
- 他容易冲动，经常因此惹麻烦。
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