temperamental是什么意思？

temperamental

英[ˌtemprəˈmentl] 美[ˌtɛmprəˈmɛntl, ˌtɛmpərə-]

• adj. 气质的，性格的，不可靠的，<口>喜怒无常的；

副词：temperamentally;

例句

• Actors have the reputation of being highly temperamental. 演员的性情变幻无常是众所周知的。
• temperamental moods 易激动的心情
• a temperamental aversion to work 禀性不喜欢工作
• I first started cruising in yachts with temperamental petrol engines... 我刚开始驾驶游艇航行时，艇上的汽油发动机老出毛病。
• ...a man given to temperamental outbursts and paranoia. 喜怒无常、生性多疑的人
• He is very temperamental and critical. 他好使性子，还爱挑毛病。
• Vickers machine-guns could be temperamental. 维克斯机枪有时会出故障。
• I was a temperamental genius in need of reining in by stabler personalities. 我是个需要由更稳重的人降服住的神经质的天才.
• I first started cruising in yachts with temperamental petrol engines. 我刚开始驾驶游艇航行时，艇上的汽油发动机老出毛病。
• He was seen as truculent, temperamental, too unwilling to tolerate others. 他们认为他为人蛮横无理, 性情暴躁, 不大能容人.

同义词

• adj.
  temperamental的同义词之：易怒的
  testy, thin-skinned, touchy, moody, sensitive, irritable,
• temperamental的同义词之：其他释义
  moody, sensitive, touchy, thin-skinned,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  爱发脾气的;脾气乖张的;喜怒无常的
  If you say that someone is temperamental, you are criticizing them for not being calm or quiet by nature, but having moods that change often and suddenly.
  例句
  He is very temperamental and critical. 他好使性子，还爱挑毛病。 ...a man given to temperamental outbursts and paranoia. 喜怒无常、生性多疑的人
• ADJ-GRADED
  (机器、汽车)老出问题的，易出故障的，性能不稳的
  If you describe something such as a machine or car as temperamental, you mean that it often does not work properly.
  例句
  I first started cruising in yachts with temperamental petrol engines... 我刚开始驾驶游艇航行时，艇上的汽油发动机老出毛病。 Vickers machine-guns could be temperamental. 维克斯机枪有时会出故障。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  气质的,性格的
  a temperamental aversion to work 禀性不喜欢工作
  不可靠的,易怒的，易激动的
  temperamental moods 易激动的心情
  <口>喜怒无常的,捉摸不定的
  Actors have the reputation of being highly temperamental. 演员的性情变幻无常是众所周知的。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. relating to or caused by temperament;
  "temperamental indifference to neatness""temperamental peculiarities"
  2. subject to sharply varying moods;
  "a temperamental opera singer"
  3. 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"- Osbert Lancaster