temperamental
adjective
uk/ˌtem.pər.əˈmen.təl//ˌtem.prəˈmen.təl/us/ˌtem.pɚ.əˈmen.t̬əl/temperamentaladjective(PERSON)
A temperamentalpersonis someone whosemoodoftenchangesverysuddenly:
喜怒无常的Becarefulhow youapproachher - she's very temperamental.同她接触你要注意方式——她这人喜怒无常。
causedbyyourowncharacterandfeelings:
气质的;性情的;性格的There are temperamentalsimilaritiesbetween thebrothers.兄弟俩在性情上有些相似。
Moods
- -humoured
- be in one ofyourmoodsidiom
- black mood
- eat
- frame
- have a strop onidiom
- humour
- snit
- someone'sstate/frame of mindidiom
- spirit
- strop
- suck
- sulky
- temper
- temperament
- temperamentally
- temperature
- tone
- up and downidiom
- yourself
temperamentaladjective(MACHINE)
informal
A temperamentalmachinesometimesworksand sometimes does not:
(机器)性能不稳定的;时好时坏的You have totreatourDVDplayerverycarefully- it'soldand temperamental.你用我们的光盘机时得格外小心——它很旧了,而且性能不稳定。
Machines - not functioning
- act
- blink
- break
- brokenness
- brownout
- burn out
- conk
- conk out
- cut
- cutsomethingout
- DDoS
- dead
- defective
- dysfunction
- fritz
- idle
- incapacitate
- shudder to a haltidiom
- stall
- temperamentally