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N-VAR
壞脾氣;暴脾氣
If you refer to someone's temper or say that they have a temper, you mean that they become angry very easily.
例句
He had a temper and could be nasty...
他脾氣不大好，有時兇得很。
His short temper had become notorious...
他的臭脾氣是出了名的。
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N-VAR
情緒;心情
Your temper is the way you are feeling at a particular time. If you are in a good temper, you feel cheerful. If you are in a bad temper, you feel angry and impatient.
例句
I was in a bad temper last night...
昨晚我心情不好。
He was in a very good temper...
他當時心情非常好。
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VERB
使緩和;使溫和
To temper something means to make it less extreme.
例句
For others, especially the young and foolish, the state will temper justice with mercy...
對待其他人時，尤其是年輕人和愚蠢的人，國家會剛柔并濟。
He had to learn to temper his enthusiasm.
他得學著給自己的熱情降溫。
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PHRASE
發脾氣/開始發火
If someone is in a temper or gets into a temper, the way that they are behaving shows that they are feeling angry and impatient.
例句
She was still in a temper when Colin arrived...
科林到的時候，她氣還沒有消。
When I try to explain how I feel he just flies into a temper.
我剛要解釋我心里是怎么想的，他就勃然大怒。
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PHRASE
發脾氣;大發雷霆
If you lose your temper, you become so angry that you shout at someone or show in some other way that you are no longer in control of yourself.
例句
I've never seen him get cross or lose his temper...
我從未見過他生氣或者發火。
I lost my temper and banged my book down on the desk.
我大發雷霆，把書砰地往課桌上一摔。