temperament
                    
      英 [ˈtem.pər.ə.mənt]                            
                        美 [ˈtem.pɚ.ə.mənt]                    
                    
                    
                    
                 
                
             
                        
            
                1. temperament => 气质(展示出来的脾气).
2. disposition => 气质(处理事件的方式).            
                        
            
                temperament 脾性,性情,性格来自 temper,脾性,性情,-ment,名词后缀。
             
                        
            
                
- temperament (n.)
 
- late 14c., "proportioned mixture of elements," from Latin temperamentum "proper mixture, a mixing in due proportion," from temperare "to mix" (see temper (v.)). In medieval theory, it meant a combination of qualities (hot, cold, moist, dry) that determined the nature of an organism; thus also "a combination of the four humors (sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, and melancholic) that made up a person's characteristic disposition." General sense of "habit of mind, natural disposition" is from 1821.
 
                  
                        
            
                
- 1. Her mental capacity and temperament are as remarkable as his. 
  - 她的才智和气质和他一样出众。
   
- 2. Some of the models were given to fits of temperament. 
  - 有些模情喜怒无常。
   
- 3. His only weakness is his temperament. 
  - 他唯一的缺点就是他那脾气。
   
- 4. She was furtive and vicious by temperament. 
  - 她本来做事就偷偷摸摸,心肠狠毒。
   
- 5. His impulsive temperament regularly got him into difficulties. 
  - 他容易冲动,经常因此惹麻烦。