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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But it will calm the swell and heaving of thy passion, like oil thrown on the waves of a tempestuous sea.
  不过，这剂药象是把油倒在暴风雨掀起的海浪上，总可以平息你那澎湃翻腾的情欲。