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

• But she was also well known for a colourful personal life that included two tempestuous marriages to Welsh film star Richard Burton.
  不过她的知名度同样也源于她丰富多彩的私生活。她曾两次嫁给威尔士电影明星理查德伯顿，两次都只维持了非常短暂的时间。
• They had fortitude and self-reliance, and, in time of difficulty or peril, stood up for the welfare of the state like a line of cliffs against a tempestuous tide.
  他们坚定而自信，在困难和危险的时刻，为了国家利益挺身而出，犹如一面危崖迎击拍岸的怒涛。
• But not long after, there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroaquilo.
  可是，过了不久，有一种称为「东北风」的飓风，向岛上冲来。
• And in China, People's Bank of China governor Zhou Xiaochuan embarks on a third term with one of the most difficult challenges of all: Opening the world's second largest economy to the tempestuous global flows of capital while managing an escalating domestic debt boom.
  在中国，刚刚开始第三个任期的中国央行行长周小川面临有史以来最艰巨的挑战之一：向波涛汹涌的全球资本敞开中国的大门，应对日益严峻的中国债务膨胀问题。
• With Floods and Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
  有如洪水旋风般的狂暴的火焰；
• Au contraire, they are massive and tempestuous.
  相反地，它们可是非常厚重狂暴的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。