temperament

• n.気質、性質、性格；せっかち

temper、temperament、disposition、-ment、名詞の接尾辞から。

temperament (n.)

late 14c., "proportioned mixture of elements," from Latin temperamentum "proper mixture, a mixing in due proportion," from temperare "to mix" (see temper (v.)). In medieval theory, it meant a combination of qualities (hot, cold, moist, dry) that determined the nature of an organism; thus also "a combination of the four humors (sanguine, choleric, phlegmatic, and melancholic) that made up a person's characteristic disposition." General sense of "habit of mind, natural disposition" is from 1821.

1. Her mental capacity and temperament are as remarkable as his.

彼女の知性と気質は彼と同じように優れている。

2.Some of the models were given to fits of temperament .

いくつかの模式的な感情は気まぐれだ。

3.His only weakness is his temperament .

彼の唯一の欠点は彼の性質だ。

4.She was furtive and vicious by temperament .

彼女はもともと仕事をしていてこそこそしていて、心が痛かった。

5.His impulsive temperament regularly got him into difficulties.

彼は衝動的になりやすく、しばしばトラブルを引き起こす。