| 单词 | tempestuous |
| 释义 | tempestuous (tempestʃuəs ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a relationship or a situation as tempestuous, you mean that very strong and intense emotions, especially anger, are involved. For years, the couple's tempestuous relationship made the headlines. ...his brilliant but tempestuous career in British racing Synonyms: passionate, intense, turbulent, heated Collocations: tempestuous relationship So, too, a tempestuous relationship with instructors. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He was abandoned by his mother when he was 8 years old and seems to have a tempestuous relationship with his father throughout his life. Times, Sunday Times (2008) I live next door to a couple who have a very tempestuous relationship and constantly seem to be arguing. Times, Sunday Times (2006) But City sources quickly dismissed suggestions this might prove to be the final straw in their tempestuous relationship. The Sun (2013) He and Mum had a tempestuous relationship. Times, Sunday Times (2013) |
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