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

• The most tempestuous period in history
  历史上最为动乱的时期
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• With Floods and Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
  有如洪水旋风般的狂暴的火焰；
• 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。
• And they said to him, what shall we do with you that the sea may be quiet for us? For the sea grew more and more tempestuous.
  他们问他说，我们当向你怎样行，使海为我们平静下来呢？这是因为海越发翻腾。
• 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。
• 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。