Adjective:

1. made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment;

   "a sword of tempered steel"
   "tempered glass"
   

2. adjusted or attuned by adding a counterbalancing element;

   "criticism tempered with kindly sympathy"
   

• The temper'd metals clash, and yield a silver sound.

  出自：Dryden

• Uncertain what exactly he meant..I gave a tempered reply.

  出自：A. Powell

When his headaches developed Nick became bad-tempered and even violent.

尼克出现头痛时脾气就变得很差，甚至还会动粗。

The early ambitions of youthful enthusiasm soon become tempered with realism.

之前年少时对理想抱负怀有的一腔热情很快便被现实浇灭。

It was a day of tense and often ill-tempered debate.

那天的辩论紧张激烈，常常火药味十足。

He was a happy, good-tempered child.

他是个快乐、好脾气的孩子。

He was normally a very even-tempered person.

他通常是个非常心平气和的人。

They seem less tense, more even-tempered.

他们看起来不那么紧张，更加平和了。

I'm a bit short-tempered sometimes.

我有时脾气有点暴躁。

They walked in bad-tempered silence.

他们心情很糟，一言不发地走着。

She gets very bad-tempered when she's tired.

她累的时候就爱发脾气。

He grew more and more bad - tempered as the afternoon wore on.

随着下午一点点地过去,他的脾气也越来越坏.

A knife is sharpened on the grindstone; steel is tempered in fire.

刀在石上磨, 钢在火中炼.

They were careful to keep their distance from the ill - tempered professor.

他们都谨慎地避开这位坏脾气的教授.

He is good - tempered; he gets along well with everyone.

他脾气好, 和谁都合得来.

He's a bit quick - tempered, but not difficult to get along with.

他只是脾气暴躁些, 并不难处.

He is good - tempered and he gets along with everyone.

他脾气好,和谁都处得来.