该短语的关键在于 "fly into"(突然进入某种状态)和 "temper"(脾气、情绪)的结合,强调情绪爆发的突然性和强烈性——原本可能平静的状态,因某件事触发,瞬间变得暴躁易怒。
作为不及物动词短语,它通常在句中作谓语,主语多为“人”(只有人会“发脾气”)。常见搭配和结构如下:
主语 + fly into a temper
例:
He flew into a temper for no reason.(他无缘无故突然发脾气。)
I've never seen her fly into a temper like that before.(我从没见过她发那么大的脾气。)
at sb.:对某人发脾气(对象是人)
例:Don't fly into a temper at me—I didn't break your phone!(别冲我发脾气——我没弄坏你的手机!)
about/over sth.:因某事发脾气(对象是事)
例:She always flies into a temper over small mistakes.(她总因小错误大动肝火。)
例:He flew into a temper about the delayed flight.(他因航班延误勃然大怒。)
主语 + fly into a temper + when/because/since等引导的从句
例:
He flew into a temper when he heard his project was rejected.(听到项目被拒,他突然大怒。)
She flies into a temper because no one listens to her.(因为没人听她说话,她常发脾气。)
该短语遵循常规动词时态规则:
原形:fly into a temper(一般现在时,主语非三单)
三单形式:flies into a temper(一般现在时,主语三单)
过去式:flew into a temper(一般过去时)
过去分词:flown into a temper(完成时)
现在分词:flying into a temper(进行时/非谓语)
需注意和"lose one's temper"(发脾气)的差异:
"fly into a temper" 更强调“突然爆发”的动作(像“飞”一样瞬间进入愤怒状态);
"lose one's temper" 更侧重“失去控制”的状态(原本能克制,最终没忍住)。
例:
He lost his temper after being teased for an hour.(被嘲笑了一小时后,他终于忍不住发脾气了。)(强调“忍了很久才爆发”)
He flew into a temper the moment he was teased.(刚被嘲笑,他就突然大怒。)(强调“瞬间爆发”)
"fly into a temper"是描述“突然、强烈发脾气”的常用短语,适用于口语和书面语,核心是突出情绪的“突发性”。使用时需注意主语(人)、搭配的介词(at/about/over)或从句,以及时态变化。
例句 recap:1、 My dad flew into a temper when I crashed his car.(我撞了爸爸的车,他突然大怒。)
2、 Why do you always fly into a temper over trivial things?(你为什么总因小事发脾气?)
3、 Don't fly into a temper at the kids—they didn't mean to break it.(别冲孩子们发脾气——他们不是故意弄坏的。)