Intemperate
[ɪn'temp(ə)rət] or [ɪn'tɛmpərət]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; 'a hard drinker' .
(adj.) excessive in behavior; 'intemperate rage' .
(adj.) (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; 'an intemperate climate'; 'intemperate zones' .
編輯:塞格雷--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion.
(a.) Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors.
(a.) Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather.
(v. t.) To disorder.
巴贝奇錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Excessive, inordinate, not temperate.[2]. Given to excess in drinking intoxicating liquors.
乔治娜手打
同義詞及反義詞：
[See TEMPERATE]
校對:路易丝
例句/造句/用法:
- But, though luxurious, the Norman nobles were not generally speaking an intemperate race. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- In the midst of this intemperate riot, Attila alone, without change of countenance, maintained his steadfast and inflexible gravity. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Has not the intemperate been censured of old, because in him the huge multiform monster is allowed to be too much at large? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- But they declined to treat intemperate and worthless subjects, even though they might have made large fortunes out of them. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
校對:路易丝