Someone even-tempered stays calm as a habit. Small annoyances do not light a fire in them; they do not snap, slam doors, or swing from sweet to furious in a minute.

Someone even-tempered stays calm as a habit.Even-tempered的人習慣性地保持冷靜。Small annoyances do not light a fire in them;小小的煩心事不會在他們心裡點燃怒火；they do not snap, slam doors, or swing from sweet to furious in a minute.他們不會突然發飆、甩門，或是一分鐘內從甜美變成暴怒。

Temper here is your usual mood, especially how easily you get angry — not the verb to temper steel, and not a bad temper on one particular afternoon. Even means steady, like a line that does not jump up and down.

Temper here is your usual mood, especially how easily you get angry這裡的temper指的是你平常的心情，特別是你有多容易生氣——— not the verb to temper steel,不是「to temper steel」那個「回火」的動詞，and not a bad temper on one particular afternoon.也不是某個下午突然發的一次脾氣。Even means steady,Even的意思是穩定，like a line that does not jump up and down.就像一條不會忽高忽低的線。

So an even-tempered person is not a person with no feelings. They can be sad or firm. They are just not easily thrown into anger.

So an even-tempered person is not a person with no feelings.所以even-tempered的人不是沒有感情的人。They can be sad or firm.他們也會難過，也會堅定。They are just not easily thrown into anger.他們只是不容易被丟進憤怒裡。

It is a compliment, a little old-fashioned and more common in writing or careful speech than in teen chat, where people might just say they don’t get angry easily or they have a calm personality.

It is a compliment, a little old-fashioned這是一種讚美，有點老派，and more common in writing or careful speech than in teen chat,在寫作或講究的說話場合裡比在青少年聊天裡更常見，where people might just say they don't get angry easily or they have a calm personality.青少年可能就直接說they don't get angry easily他們不容易生氣，或者they have a calm personality他們個性很平靜。

Compare even-handed: that is about fairness to other people; even-tempered is about the weather inside you.

Compare even-handed:拿even-handed比較一下：that is about fairness to other people;even-handed講的是對別人公不公平；even-tempered is about the weather inside you.even-tempered講的則是你心裡的天氣。