tempestuous

英 [temˈpestʃuəs]

美 [temˈpestʃuəs]

adj.  激烈的; 狂暴的; 骚动的; 狂风暴雨的; 大风暴的

GRE

BNC.32970 / COCA.25087

牛津词典

adj.

• 激烈的；狂暴的；骚动的
  full of extreme emotions
  1. a tempestuous relationship
     冲突不断的关系
• 狂风暴雨的；大风暴的
  caused by or affected by a violent storm
  1. tempestuous seas
     波涛汹涌的大海

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (关系)紧张的，跌宕起伏的;(局势)动荡不定的，风云变幻的
  If you describe a relationship or a situation astempestuous, you mean that very strong and intense emotions, especially anger, are involved.
  1. For years, the couple's tempestuous relationship made the headlines...
     有好多年，那对夫妻跌宕起伏的关系总是登上报纸头条。
  2. Somehow the marriage lasted for eight tempestuous months.
     不管怎么说，那场婚姻还是维持了 8 个月，其间双方的关系一直很紧张。

英英释义

adj

• (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
  1. angry clouds on the horizon
  2. furious winds
  3. the raging sea
  Synonym:angryfuriousragingwild
• characterized by violent emotions or behavior
  1. a stormy argument
  2. a stormy marriage
  Synonym:stormy

双语例句

• I see you are contemplating the transfer of your tempestuous affections from Ashley to me and I fear for my liberty and my peace of mind.
  我看你是在盘算着把你对艾希礼的狂热感情转移到我身上来，可是我害怕丧失我的意志自由和平静呢。
• Spinelli's relationship with the striker has often been a tempestuous one, but he denied that it had caused an irrevocable split.
  斯皮内利和卢卡雷利的关系常常紧张，但他否定了二人的关系会导致球队的一次必然的分裂。
• It lies at the heart of one of the most tempestuous alliances in art between Vincent Van Gogh and his mentor Paul Gauguin.
  这是艺术史上最狂暴的一段关系的中心，也就是文森特梵高和他的导师保罗高更。
• He saw overhead a black and tempestuous sky, across which the wind was driving clouds that occasionally suffered a twinkling star to appear;
  他看到天空是一片黑暗，预示着大风暴即将来临了，风在用劲地驱赶着疾驰的浮云，不时的露出一颗闪烁的星星。
• Mercilessly pounded by the tempestuous southern ocean, Borden Islands surprisingly offers a haven for one of the rarest seals in the world.
  由于无情地受到南部海洋暴风雨的猛烈袭击，博登岛意外地成为世界上的一种珍稀海豹的安息之所。
• April could prove a tempestuous time in your private life.
  4月份可能是你个人生活中一段不平静的时期。
• The historians present the picture of a brilliant but tempestuous and cruel man.
  这些史家笔下呈现出的成吉思汗是一个绝顶聪明，但脾气暴烈、残忍无情的君王。
• But policy makers have the means to ensure the transition to this new phase will be merely turbulent, rather than tempestuous.
  但政策制定者有办法确保向这一新阶段的转型只会引起颠簸、而不会引发大地震。
• But could she piay the tempestuous southern beiie?
  但她能够充当南方的暴躁美女吗？
• All the fury of her tempestuous soul fell, as the sea falls under a lapse of wind.
  她那狂暴的灵魂发出的一切愤怒都在平息了，如同大海在风暴之后的平静一样。