tem.aze.pam /t9_maezipaem/ not/n [u] (m沒y/a?/ 医）a drug that is used to make people feel less anxious and more relaxed羟基安定（安备药）

tem-er-ity /ta'mereti/ noun [U] {formal) extremely confi­dent behaviour that people are likely to consider rude 鲁莽；冒失；蛮勇：He had the temerity to caH me a Har/他竟敢说我撒谎！

temp /temp/ noun, verb, abbr.

■                  Mown a temporary employee in an office 临时雇员；临

时工

■                  verb [V] [informal) to do a temporary job or a series of

temporary jobs打临时工；做临时工#;打零工：J，ve been temping for an employment agency.  一家

职业介绍所做临时工。^

■                  flfcbr. (also temp, especially in AMm£) temperature 温 度：Max temp J7 °C最高温度17摄氏度

tem-per /'tempa(r)/ noun, verb

■                  noun 1 [C, usually sing., U] if sb has a temper, they

become angry very easily 脾气；易怒的 ft _ : a vfoZent/short^qufcfcj etc. temper 烈备子、急性手、■火 性子等 0 He must ieam to control Ziis temper•他得学会 捺吾子。◊ She brofce thepkztes in a/iito/temper•她 一气'之.下把盘子摔碎了。◊ A)ter an hour 〇/ waiting, tempers began to fray (= people began to get angry). 等了一个小时后，关伙儿开g冒了。2 [C，usually sing.] a short period of feeling very angry 怒气；火气；阵怒： to fly into a temper # ^  0 She says awful things

when she’s in a temper•“一 发脾气说话就难听。3 [C] the way that you are feeling at a particular time 心情； 情绪；心境       mood： Come back when you're in a

better temper, ®  0 to be in a bad, foul,

etc. temper 心‘會不好、很许等 4 -tempered (in adjectives 构成承容词).having a particular type of temper有…脾气的；心情…的：good-/bad-tempered 脾气奸/坏◊ a sweet-tempered chfid性情温和的小芦

You will find other compounds ending in -tempered at their place in the alphabet..其’他以 -tempered结尾的复合词可在各字母中的适当位置查到。 D33EI lose/keep your 'temper (with sb) to fail/manage to control your anger 发脾气；忍住怒 A: She lost her temper witA a customer and shouted at him.她对一位顾 客发了脾气，冲着人家大喊大叫。◊ J struggle to fceep my temper with the fcids when they misbehave.孩子们淘气 时，我强捺住性子不发脾气。一more at quick

■                  verft [VN] 1 〜sth (with sth) (/brma/) to make sth less severe by adding sth that has the opposite effect 使缓 和；使温和：Justice must be tempered u/ith mercy.法夕f 尚需細恩。2 (fedm/cfl/ 术语）to make metal as hard as it needs to be by heating and then cooling it 使（金属J ®火

tem-pera /'tempara/ noun [U] a kind of paint in which the colour is mixed with egg and water; a method of painting that uses this kind of paint 蛋彩画颜料（.用颜 料与鸡蛋和水调和而成）^蛋彩画法

tem-pera-ment /'tempramant/ noun 1 {C, U] a person's or an animal’s nature as shown in the way they behave or react to situations or people'，(,人或动物的）气质，性 情，.性格，禀性.：to have an artistic temperament 有艺 术家的气.质◊ a horse with an fixceHent temperament 牲 情温顺的 '马』.◊ She’s a dreamer and a romantic『by temperament.她生性异想天开，浪漫多情。2 [U] the tendency to get emotional and excited very easily and behave in. an unreasonable way 易冲动；：{性情 > 暴 躁；喜.怒无常：an actor given to displays 〇/ tempera- /nent性情喜怒无常的演员

tem-pera-men-tal /.tempra'mentl/ adj. 1 (usually dis­approving) having a tendency to become angry, excited or upset easily, and to behave in an unreasonable way 喜怒无常的；容易激动的；反复无常的：you never/enow/ what to expect with her. She’s so tempemmentaZ.你永远 说不清她要干什么。她一时一变。◊ (f(gwraf/Ve) The printer's being temperamental this morning.

台打印机时好时环。2 connected with sb’s nature and personality气癀的；性情的；性格的：rhey are _/?rm friends in spite of temperamental differences,

格不同，但仍然友情盘笃。►tem.pera.men.tal.ly/-tali/

adv. ： J’m temperamentaHy i/nsuited to this job.我的性

格不适合这种工作。

tem-perance /'temparans/ noun [U] 1 {old-fashioned) the practice of not drinking alcohol because of your moral or religious beliefs (由于道德"或宗教信仰而实行 的）戒酒，禁酒，滴酒不沾2       the practice of

controlling your behaviour, the amount you eat, etc., so that it is always reasonable 自我克制；克‘己；+欲； 节食 H33 moderation

tem-per-ate /'temparat/ adj. 1 [usually before noun] {tech­nical (of a climate or region       having a

mild temperature without extremes of heat or cold 气 候温和的；温带的 2 (/brmfl/) behaving in a calm and controlled way温_的；心平气和的；自我克制的PTJH intemperate ► tem.per.ate.ly flt/v.

■temperate zone now/7 [c，usually sing.] (techn/cfl/ 术语） an area of the Earth that is not near the equator or the South or North Pole 温带

tem-pera.ture 〇■» /.tempratja(r); /SMwf also -tjur/ noun [C, U] {abbr. temp)

■                  the measurement in degrees of how hot or cold a

thing or place is 温度；气温：highAow temperatures 高 / 低温◊ a/a丨i/drop m temperature 气温下降◊ a rise in temperature 气温升高◊ rhe temperature has risen (by)月ve degrees•温度•麁了五度。◊ Heat t/ie oven to a temperature 〇/200°C degrees centigrade).使烤箱 的温度升至200摄由度。◊ Some places have had temperatures in the 40s (= over 40° centigrade)•有些 地古气温曾经超过40龠氏度。一see also absolute temperature, room temperature 2 the measure­ment of how hot sb's body is ^ & ： to take sb’s temperature (= measure the temperature of sbJs body using a special instrument)量体温◊ Does he have a temperature (= is it higher than normal, because of illness)?他发烧吗？ ◊ She’s running a temperature (=..it is higher than normal).她在发烧。◊ He’s fn i?eci with a temperature 〇/ 40。，他卧 _ 左涂，高烧 4〇 摄氏度。一compare fever(I) H»!^l raise/丨ower the temperature to increase/decrease the amount of excitement, emotion, etc. in a $ituation 升 / 降温；增加 / 减少热烈运度等：His ang/y to agree raised the

temperature 〇/ the meeting.彳也‘成然拒不同意，使得会议 的气氛紧张起来。

tem-pest /'tempist/ noun (formal or literary) a violent storm 大成暴；暴风雨；_风雪  a tempest in a

teapot {NAmE) = a storm in a teacup at storm n.

tem-pes-tu-ous /tem'pestjuas/ adj. 1 (formal) full of extreme emotions激烈的；狂暴的；.骚动知 stormy： a tempestuous reiatio/whip 冲突不断的关系

■                  {formal or literary) caused by or affected by a violent storm狂风暴雨的；大风攀的Hn stormy： tempes- tuous seas波涛汹—的大海

teni-plate /'templeit/ noun 1 a shape cut out of a hard material, used as a model for producing exactly the same shape many times in another material 样板； 模板；型板 2 a thing that is used as a model for producing .other similar examples 样板；模框；标准：

If you need to write a lot of similar letters, set up a template on your computer.

件，就在计算机上设=个模板。

tem-ple /'tempi/ noun 1 a building used for the worship of a god or gods, especially in religions other than Christianity (非基督教的）庙宇，寺院，神殿，圣 堂：the Tempie 〇/Diana at Ephesus以弗所的狄安娜神庙 ◊ a Buddhis£/ffindu/Sffch temple 佛教 / ▲教

庙宇to go to temple (=；： to a service in a syna­gogue, where Jews worship) 去会堂礼拜 2 each of the flat parts at the sides of the head, at the same level as the eyes and higher太阳穴；鬓蠢；颞颥；颞部：He had Wac/c hair, greying at the tempies.他的头发是黑色 的，但两鬓已见斑白。一picture o body

tempo /'tempau; NAmE -pou/ noun [C, U] {pi. -os or, in sense l 第」义，tedm/cfl/ 术语 tempi /_tempi:/) 1 the speed or rhythm of a piece of music (乐曲的）速度， 括子，节奏：a s!ow/}iast tempo 慢 / 快速◊ Jt’s a cii所- cuZt piece, with numerous changes oj tempo•这支曲子节 奏变化多，难度很大。2 .the speed of any movement or activity (运动或活动的）速度，节奏BCdpace: the