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Definition of well tempered in English: well temperedadjective 1Having a cheerful or emotionally stable disposition. （人，动物）脾气好的，温和的 ‘You'll find her not so well-tempered as she might seem!’ Example sentencesExamples - Any advice for well-tempered students who study with ill-tempered teachers?
- The next day Avery packed his horse, a well-tempered chestnut gelding named Wesley, and rode away to become a hero.
- The Greeks looked for a state of equilibrium or balance among these four elements and humors: such a person was said to be well-mixed, or well-tempered.
- Midnight wasn't the most well tempered horse, even at the best of times, and after a few days of either being ignored by her family or bitten by her horse, Leona had retreated into a sullen silence, breaking it only to make pointed complaints.
- She made a male friend, and after six months, she found out that he was knowledgeable, well-tempered, has a masters degree from a famous university and worked as a manager at a foreign capital firm.
- Amazingly well-tempered, I can't remember him ever complaining - not about his hour long commute home, nor about our first year assignments designed to whittle down the class.
- She wishes for a mild mannered and well tempered young lady to be friends with.
- There's a well-tempered man who did so much to foster progressive politics and did it fairly harmoniously.
- All agreed he would be better off on a well tempered mare.
- As you can see (and probably won't believe), I'm actually quite well-tempered in the mornings.
- He does not seem to be a… well-tempered sort of gentleman.
- The exercise of the civic virtues makes one just, courageous, well-tempered, etc. - that is, the civic virtues result in a well-ordered and cultivated mind.
- Mercy's filly grew to be a well-tempered beautiful mare, though she was too young for riding she provided Claire and I both limitless happiness.
- Luckily, though, by the time we got there he was incredibly well tempered again and seemed to have a good time playing.
2(of a process or activity) properly regulated, controlled, or moderated. （过程，活动）控制好的，调节好的 the moral example of their well-tempered lives Example sentencesExamples - At the same time, when she saw me on TV, her face hid a well-tempered revulsion.
- The adventure in these pages is well tempered with humour.
- The development and formation of these crystals are what makes well-tempered chocolate.
- Even then her work challenged the classical ideal that a well-tempered whole must bind the parts in a structured hierarchy.
- Inviting harmonies and well-tempered innovations in rhythm and accompaniment add to the charm.
- Hartel's research team has come up with a theory to explain how visual fat bloom develops in well-tempered chocolates.
- All great music and all great performance, is rooted in the conception of the well-tempered system, defined by Bach.
- A relaxed but buoyant atmosphere sustained by well-tempered music and the interior design neat and elegant.
- When you buy chocolate for baking, it should arrive well-tempered.
- Listen to it of a quiet evening, sung by a good tenor or a well-tempered choir, and you can realise that from pain it is possible to make the truest beauty.
Definition of well tempered in US English: well temperedadjective 1(of a person or animal) having a cheerful or emotionally stable disposition. （人，动物）脾气好的，温和的 Example sentencesExamples - He does not seem to be a… well-tempered sort of gentleman.
- All agreed he would be better off on a well tempered mare.
- Midnight wasn't the most well tempered horse, even at the best of times, and after a few days of either being ignored by her family or bitten by her horse, Leona had retreated into a sullen silence, breaking it only to make pointed complaints.
- She made a male friend, and after six months, she found out that he was knowledgeable, well-tempered, has a masters degree from a famous university and worked as a manager at a foreign capital firm.
- Amazingly well-tempered, I can't remember him ever complaining - not about his hour long commute home, nor about our first year assignments designed to whittle down the class.
- The exercise of the civic virtues makes one just, courageous, well-tempered, etc. - that is, the civic virtues result in a well-ordered and cultivated mind.
- As you can see (and probably won't believe), I'm actually quite well-tempered in the mornings.
- Mercy's filly grew to be a well-tempered beautiful mare, though she was too young for riding she provided Claire and I both limitless happiness.
- Any advice for well-tempered students who study with ill-tempered teachers?
- She wishes for a mild mannered and well tempered young lady to be friends with.
- There's a well-tempered man who did so much to foster progressive politics and did it fairly harmoniously.
- Luckily, though, by the time we got there he was incredibly well tempered again and seemed to have a good time playing.
- The next day Avery packed his horse, a well-tempered chestnut gelding named Wesley, and rode away to become a hero.
- The Greeks looked for a state of equilibrium or balance among these four elements and humors: such a person was said to be well-mixed, or well-tempered.
- 1.1 (of a process or activity) properly regulated, controlled, or moderated.
（过程，活动）控制好的，调节好的 Example sentencesExamples - A relaxed but buoyant atmosphere sustained by well-tempered music and the interior design neat and elegant.
- Even then her work challenged the classical ideal that a well-tempered whole must bind the parts in a structured hierarchy.
- All great music and all great performance, is rooted in the conception of the well-tempered system, defined by Bach.
- The development and formation of these crystals are what makes well-tempered chocolate.
- Inviting harmonies and well-tempered innovations in rhythm and accompaniment add to the charm.
- When you buy chocolate for baking, it should arrive well-tempered.
- Listen to it of a quiet evening, sung by a good tenor or a well-tempered choir, and you can realise that from pain it is possible to make the truest beauty.
- At the same time, when she saw me on TV, her face hid a well-tempered revulsion.
- Hartel's research team has come up with a theory to explain how visual fat bloom develops in well-tempered chocolates.
- The adventure in these pages is well tempered with humour.
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