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单词	temperament
释义	tem·per·a·ment \ˈtemp(ə)rəmənt, -pərm-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin temperamentum, from temperare to mix, blend, regulate + -mentum -ment — more at temper 1. obsolete a. : the state (as of a substance, body, or organism) with respect to the mixture or balance in due proportions of its elements, qualities, or parts : constitution, makeup < the best founded commonwealths … have aimed at a certain mixture or temperament, partaking the several virtues of each other state — John Milton > b. : complexion 1b 2. a. : the peculiar or distinguishing mental or physical character of a person as determined according to medieval physiology by the relative proportions of the humors in his body — compare humor I 1b < the choleric, melancholic, phlegmatic, and sanguine temperaments > b. : characteristic or habitual inclination, frame of mind, or mode of emotional response < a nervous temperament > < the artistic temperament > < the poetic temperament > < buoyant and expansive in temperament > < the mind of a dreamer joined to the temperament of a soldier — John Buchan > < the temperament of an animal shown by its gait and carriage > c. : extremely high sensibility; especially : excessive sensitiveness or irritability often accompanied by impatience or lack of restraint : temper < always having temperament and making trouble — This Week Magazine > < dropped his racket during a rare display of temperament — Harry Gordon > 3. archaic a. : climate b. : temperature 5 4. archaic a. : the act or process of tempering or modifying : adjustment, compromise < any temperament that can be found in things … so disputable — John Milton > b. : middle course : mean < a judicious temperament, which the reformers would have done well to adopt — Henry Hallam > 5. a. : the system or process of slightly modifying the musical intervals of the pure scale to produce a set of compromise tones consisting of 12 fixed tones to the octave and thus permit modulations without the use of an inconveniently large number of distinctions in pitch b. : the adjustment so made Synonyms: see disposition
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