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词汇 ill-tempered
释义 ill-tempered
adjective
uk /ˌɪlˈtem.pəd/ us /ˌɪlˈtem.pɚd/
formal
easily annoyed脾气坏的,易怒的
If an occasion, such as a game, is ill-tempered, people get angry during it: (比赛等)火药味浓的
An increasingly ill-tempered match saw three players sent off before half-time.在一场火药味越来越浓的比赛中,3名运动员在上半场结束前就被罚下了场。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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argumentative
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be like a bear with a sore headidiom
be spoiling for a fightidiom
grouchiness
grouchy
grumpily
grumpiness
grumpy
pettishly
petulance
petulancy
petulant
petulantly
surlily
surliness
testily
testiness
testy

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ill-tempered
A society which was compassionate, kindly, considerate and decent has become angrier and angrier, and more and more ill-tempered.
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That is the sort of niggling, nagging statement which one would expect of an ill-tempered person who was willing to wound but afraid to strike.
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I have never heard a more ill-tempered speech than your speech to-day.
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Half the trouble, the damage, the danger, and the accidents are caused by ill-tempered people who cannot stand congestion on the roads.
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He mumbles and looks ill-tempered and says he is being obstructed.
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Consider the situation after an ill-tempered football match or rugby match in which there have been many fouls.
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All the history and experience of joint boards indicates that they are complicated, contentious and often ill-tempered in working together.
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In the past two years, there has been a great deal of at times ill-tempered debate about race relations, policing and crime.
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He may be hasty and ill-tempered in relation to the ordinary driver, but an instinctive courtesy is shown to those driving invalid vehicles.
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Although the debate has at times been ill-tempered —not so much today as last week—it has achieved a great deal.
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I shall not say that they are all ill-tempered landlords or ill-tempered tenants, but such landlords and tenants exist on both sides.
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All of us know from personal experience that a bad journey can mean that we arrive at work feeling ill-tempered and tired.
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Setting aside my rather ill-tempered contribution to that debate, certain facts emerge.
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Such ill-tempered debates generate more heat than light.
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It was not only ill-tempered but grossly inaccurate.
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