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单词 ill-tempered
释义
ill-tempered
adjective
uk
/ˌɪlˈtem.pəd/us
/ˌɪlˈtem.pɚd/
formal
easilyannoyed
脾气坏的，易怒的
If anoccasion, such as agame, is ill-tempered,peoplegetangryduring it:
（比赛等）火药味浓的
Anincreasinglyill-temperedmatchsawthreeplayerssentoff beforehalf-time.在一场火药味越来越浓的比赛中，3名运动员在上半场结束前就被罚下了场。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bad-tempered
  • argumentative
  • bad-tempered
  • be hell on wheelsidiom
  • be like a bear with a sore headidiom
  • be spoiling for a fightidiom
  • grumpily
  • grumpiness
  • grumpy
  • have a short fuseidiom
  • hell
  • petulant
  • petulantly
  • pugnacious
  • pugnacity
  • quarrelsome
  • testily
  • testiness
  • testy
  • tetchily
  • tetchiness
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Angry and displeased
(Definition ofill-temperedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofill-tempered

ill-tempered
A society which was compassionate, kindly, considerate and decent has become angrier and angrier, and more and moreill-tempered.
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That is the sort of niggling, nagging statement which one would expect of anill-temperedperson who was willing to wound but afraid to strike.
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I have never heard a moreill-temperedspeech than your speech to-day.
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Half the trouble, the damage, the danger, and the accidents are caused byill-temperedpeople who cannot stand congestion on the roads.
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He mumbles and looksill-temperedand says he is being obstructed.
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Consider the situation after anill-temperedfootball match or rugby match in which there have been many fouls.
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All the history and experience of joint boards indicates that they are complicated, contentious and oftenill-temperedin working together.
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In the past two years, there has been a great deal of at timesill-tempereddebate about race relations, policing and crime.
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He may be hasty andill-temperedin relation to the ordinary driver, but an instinctive courtesy is shown to those driving invalid vehicles.
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Although the debate has at times beenill-tempered—not so much today as last week—it has achieved a great deal.
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I shall not say that they are allill-temperedlandlords orill-temperedtenants, but such landlords and tenants exist on both sides.
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All of us know from personal experience that a bad journey can mean that we arrive at work feelingill-temperedand tired.
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Setting aside my ratherill-temperedcontribution to that debate, certain facts emerge.
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Suchill-tempereddebates generate more heat than light.
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It was not onlyill-temperedbut grossly inaccurate.
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