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

• 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。
• 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。
• Now, in his newly published diaries, David Blunkett ( the British politician in question) has conceded that his mental state was anything but robust during the tempestuous goings-on of the past two years.
  现在，布伦基特（英国政界的话题人物）在自己新出版的日记里承认，在过去两年的多事之秋，他的精神状态糟透了。
• The most tempestuous period in history
  历史上最为动乱的时期
• 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。
• With Floods and Whirlwinds of tempestuous fire.
  有如洪水旋风般的狂暴的火焰；
• 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。
• It lies at the heart of one of the most tempestuous alliances in art between Vincent Van Gogh and his mentor Paul Gauguin.
  这是艺术史上最狂暴的一段关系的中心，也就是文森特梵高和他的导师保罗高更。
• 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。
• 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。