他以前从未见识过约翰如此暴烈的脾气.Never before had he felt the full lash of John's temper.他是个性情暴烈的人。He's a man of violent passions.容易发怒的人, 引起纷争;脾气暴烈的人,多有过犯.An angry man stirs up dissension , and atempered one commits many sins...

“暴烈的”的英语可以翻译为：[法] strong-arm ...