Tempered
['tempəd]
解释:
(adj.) adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element; 'criticism tempered with kindly sympathy' .
(adj.) made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment; 'a sword of tempered steel'; 'tempered glass' .
录入:弗农--From WordNet
解释:
(imp. & p. p.) of Temper
(a.) Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having (such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword.
录入:劳伦斯
例句:
- And what a sweet-tempered forehead he has! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- She is pretty, and she is good tempered, and that is all. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- You must not be angry with me, my friend, he said volubly; I am like a child, and grow bad-tempered over nothing. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Miret, the short-tempered and kind-hearted bookseller, who had so kindly found me a seat that eventful night in the park. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Jane, I am not a gentle-tempered man--you forget that: I am not long- enduring; I am not cool and dispassionate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- He was a mild, good-natured, sweet-tempered, easy-going, foolish, dear fellow,--a sort of Hercules in strength, and also in weakness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- A deficient, ill-tempered, lowering, stupid fellow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- He fell back a few steps, and looked at me with an expression of compassionate curiosity, tempered by superstitious awe. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- But my children are all good-tempered, thank God. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Meg is a great comfort to me and lets me have jelly every night at tea its so good for me Jo says because it keeps me sweet tempered. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- And with all this, the sweetest tempered person (I allude to Mr. Godfrey)--the simplest and pleasantest and easiest to please--you ever met with. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Everybody thinks me crabbed and odd (with perfect justice); and everybody thinks her sweet-tempered and charming (with more justice still). 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I myself acknowledge to have been fidgety and ill-tempered. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Now the balance spring of a watch is made from steel, and is carefully tempered in order to obtain its highest elasticity. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He passed for an Englishman, was agreeable, handsome, ill-tempered, hospitable and witty. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- In the waters of a new life I had tempered my nature afresh. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- A good-tempered, freely-living man? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- It means that you and I together have brought the worst-tempered man in all England to his senses, answered the Count. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Steel wire is now tempered and annealed by electricity, as well as welding done, of which mention further on will be made. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- He was rather severe with the men and, I fancy, ill-tempered, and he was a decided fop, as I think I have before mentioned. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- And away went the good-tempered old fellow down the slide, with a rapidity which came very close upon Mr. Weller, and beat the fat boy all to nothing. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- For seven years Fulton lived with them, busy about the most diverse matters, and always keenly interested in the struggles of the new and hot-tempered republic. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Are you quick, good-tempered, honest, handy, &c. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- In it is coiled the mainspring--a strip of steel about twenty-three inches long, which is carefully tempered to insure elasticity and pull. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- You are so good, and so sweet-tempered. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- There was possibly much local variation, the rule of violent bullies here and a good-tempered freedom there, famine this year and plenty the next. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He tempered the barbaric ferocity of his masters, and saved innumerable cities and works of art from destruction. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- She thought he was really good-tempered, and could fancy his entering into a plan of that sort most pleasantly. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- France was in his hand, his instrument, to do with as he pleased, willing for peace, but tempered for war like an exquisite sword. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- He posed as a king, but his ruling passion was that common obsession of our kind, the pursuit of women, tempered by a superstitious fear of hell. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
录入:劳伦斯