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

• On a rainy, tempestuous night a "coloured" woman was standing on the roadside.
  一个暴风雨的晚上，一个“有色”妇女站在路旁，浑身湿透。
• 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。
• 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。
• Their married life was short and tempestuous.
  他们的婚姻生活很短暂而且是吵吵闹闹的。
• As one senior executive puts it, the US economy at the moment is like a stormy sea: tempestuous for those looking at it from the top but a lot calmer for those inhabiting its deeper reaches.
  如同一位高管所言，目前的美国经济就像是暴风雨中的海洋：对于那些从海面来看的人来说，是一片狂风骤雨，而对于深居海底的来说，则要平静得多。
• But could she piay the tempestuous southern beiie?
  但她能够充当南方的暴躁美女吗？
• It was a little difficult to perform, at first, because my character drinks and is very open-minded, and that is not really typical Korean, said Lee Ji-yeon, who plays Sara, a tempestuous New Yorker, in the musical.
  在剧中扮演情绪化的纽约人萨拉的李芝妍（LeeJi-yeon，音译）说，一开始，表演有点儿难，因为我扮演的人物爱喝酒，而且思想非常开放，她不太像韩国人。
• Their ship was sailing dangerously in the tempestuous sea.
  他们的船在浪急风高的海上危险地航行着。
• Accidental song and restoring your memory, insisted on the sea tempestuous.
  偶然的一首歌，复原你的声息，在记忆的海翻腾。
• I'll sail forward, however hard the voyage, however tempestuous the sea, to your heart, to pour out to you my endless yearning.
  不管前途艰难，路途遥远，我都将一往直前，驶向你心灵的港湾，向你诉说那风浪中的无尽思念。