temper和mood有什么区别

mood， humor， temper区别：

These nouns refer to a temporary state of mind or feeling.

这些名词指一种暂时的精神或感情状态。

Mood is the most inclusive term:

Mood 是范围很广的词语：

a contentious mood;

好争论的脾气；

a cheerful mood.

愉快的心情；

“I was in no mood to laugh and talk with strangers” (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley).

“我没有心情和陌生人一起谈笑” （玛丽·渥斯通克拉夫特·雪莱）。

Humor often implies a state of mind resulting from one's characteristic disposition or temperament; it sometimes suggests fitfulness or variability:

Humor 常指由一个人的性格倾向或性情引起的精神状态；有时指不规则的或变化的状态：

The humor of the Cabinet shifted after the scandal was exposed.

内阁在丑闻被揭露之后态度发生了变化。

“All which had been done . . . was the effect not of humor, but of system” (Edmund Burke).

“所有已经做过的…不是情绪而是制度的结果” （爱德蒙·伯克）。

Temper most often refers to a state of mind marked by irritability or intense anger:

Temper 通常指具有被激怒或大怒性质的一种精神状态：

“The nation was in such a temper that the smallest spark might raise a flame” (Macaulay).

“全国上下都十分愤慨以至于稍有火星都可能引起熊熊火焰” （麦考利）