The boss was ill tempered today;

老板今天脾气很坏。

An ill-tempered man = a man whose temper is ill

脾气坏的人

He tends to be ill-tempered day by day.

他的脾气一天一天地变得越来越坏。

My brother is ill-tempered , and likes to stir up trouble outside.

我弟弟的脾气很暴躁，常喜欢在外面惹是生非。

Jackson teed off on the selection committee in an ill-tempered article.

杰克逊在一篇怒气冲冲的文章里把选拔行员会痛骂一顿。

Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.

宁可住在旷野，不与争吵使气的妇人同住。

Distorted thus by the hot breath of earth, the moon seemed ill-tempered and imperfect.

大地灼热的呼吸扭曲了它，它变得非常暴躁，不再完美。

Distorted by the hot breath of earth, the moon seemed somewhat ill-tempered and imperfect.

大地灼热的气息扭曲了它，它变得有些暴躁，不再完美。

AHu said quinine tree only present in legends, the jungle ill-tempered, find the extremely unlikely.

阿虎却说奎宁树只呈现在传说中，丛林凶险，找到的可能性微乎其微。

Before the accident, he was hard-working and good-natured, but he became ill-tempered and generally disliked.

在受伤之前，他是一个工作勤奋，性格敦厚的人，但受伤之后，他变得暴躁，喜怒无常。