temper

vt.
1. mix,compound,concoct,compose混合，调合，调制，构成。
△As.1.2.14: “righteously tempered”，i.e.properly composed(as in the tempering of steel);ofpure,unalloyed quality. （像炼钢一样）成分纯粹，纯粹无瑕。
△Ado.2.2.21: “The poison of that lies in you totemper.”其中的毒药就要靠你来调制了。
2. mix,moisten调配，蘸。
△L.L.L. 4. 3. 346 (343):“Never durst poet touch a pen to write/Until his inkwere tempered with Love’s sighs.”诗人不敢提笔抒写他的诗篇，除非他的墨水里调和着爱情的叹息。
3. soften,moisten使变软，弄湿。
△Lr.1.4.327 (303):“And cast you,with the waters that you loose,/ Totemper clay.”把你，连同你流出的泪水，抛出去和泥。
temper clay: moisten the soil 使土地变得潮湿。
△2H.VI.3.1.310: “The uncivil kerns of Ireland arein arms,/ And temper clay with blood ofEnglishmen.”爱尔兰的粗野步兵已经起事，并且用英国人的血洒满土地。
4. mould. fashion. work upon,influence,direct .guide塑造，形成，对…起作用，影响，指引，引导。
△H.V.2.2.118:“But he that tempered thee,bade thee stand up，”但是任意摆布你的那个恶魔，下命令叫你反叛。
△R.III.1.1.64: “My Lady Grey,his wife,Clarence,'tis she/That tempers him to this extremity.”克拉仑斯，是他的妻子葛雷夫人，是她指使他采取这种极端行动的。
△Gent.3.2.64:“you may temper her by your persuasion/To hateyoung Valentine and love my friend.”你可以靠你的说服力诱导她厌恶年轻的凡伦丁而爱我的这位朋友。
5. modify,moderate减轻，缓和。
△Rom.2.Cho. 14:“Tempering extremities with extreme sweet.” 自有极端的甘甜来缓解极端的困苦。
6. compound,blend,balance 调合，融合，使平衡。
△Rom.3.3.114 (115): “I thought thy dispositionbetter tempered.” i.e. your disposition better mixedin its qualities;your character better balanced. 我原来以为你的性情涵养得还不错。
7.❶mix调配。
❷modify,moderate,weaken减轻，缓和.冲淡。
△Rom.3.5.97 (96):“Madam,if you couldfind out but a man/To bear a poison,I would temperit，”母亲，如果你能找到一个人带去一服毒药，就让我亲手调制(双关：冲淡)。
～ vi.
1. blend or accord (with),conform (to),adjust (to)(与…)调和，(与…)一致，符合(于…)，适应（于）。
△3H.VI.4.6.29: “For few men rightly temper with the stars.”i.e. ❶accord in harmony with their destinies;
❷per-mit themselves to be controlled and guided by theirdestinies (against which it is futile to struggle). 因为很少人能够审时度势不违天命的。
2. soften (like wax),melt（像蜡一样）变软，熔化
△2H.IV.4.3.141 (130):“I have him already tempering between my finger and my thumb，”我已经把他在我大拇指和二指中间揉弄得软化了。