tempered：释义

Having a specified temper or disposition. Often used in combination: sweet-tempered; ill-tempered.

Adjusted or attuned by the addition of a counterbalancing element; moderated or measured: "prepare the country to expect hard choices and to appreciate tempered values and moderation in private and public life” ( Haynes Johnson).

Made appropriately hard or flexible by tempering: a sword of tempered steel.

Having the requisite degree of hardness or elasticity. Used of glass or a metal.

Music Tuned to temperament. Used of a scale, an interval, semitone, or intonation.