Temperate
['temp(ə)rət] or ['tɛmpərət]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) not extreme in behavior; 'temperate in his habits'; 'a temperate response to an insult'; 'temperate in his eating and drinking' .
(adj.) (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; 'a temperate region'; 'the temperate zones'; 'temperate plants' .
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解釋/意思:
(v. t.) Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate.
(v. t.) Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language.
(v. t.) Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking.
(v. t.) Proceeding from temperance.
(v. t.) To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Moderate, ABSTEMIOUS, sober.[2]. Chaste, continent.[3]. Cool, calm, dispassionate, not violent.[4]. Duly tempered (as regards heat and cold), not excessive.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Moderate, abstemious, reasonable, sober, calm, cool, sedate, mild, genial
ANT:Immoderate, self-indulgent, intemperate, torrid, frigid, rigorous
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解釋/意思:
adj. moderate in degree of any quality esp. in the appetites and passions self-restrained: calm: cool mild moderate in temperature: abstemious.—adv. Tem′perately.—n. Tem′perateness.—adj. Tem′perative.—n. Tem′perature constitution: proportion: degree of any quality esp. of heat or cold in weather or climate: the thermal condition of a body which determines the interchange of heat between it and other bodies: state of a living body with respect to sensible heat.—Temperate zones the parts of the earth of more cool and equable temperature lying between the tropics and the polar circles—the North Temperate Zone being the space between the tropic of Cancer and the arctic circle; the South Temperate Zone that between the tropic of Capricorn and the antarctic circle.
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例句/造句/用法:
- The new legs last twice as long as the others used to do, and he attributes this solely to his temperate habits (triumphant cheers). 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- And the harmonious soul is both temperate and courageous? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Gibbon, because of his anti-Christian animus, is hostile to Constantine; but he admits that he was temperate and chaste. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In the next place our youth must be temperate, and temperance consists in self-control and obedience to authority. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- That music stirs my soul; it wakens all my life; it makes my heart beat--not with its temperate daily pulse, but with a new, thrilling vigour. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Bounderby,' said Mr. Gradgrind, in a tone of temperate remonstrance, 'I speak of a very special letter I have written to you, in reference to Louisa. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- It now also appears, as I hear from Dr. Hooker, that some of these same temperate plants have been discovered by the Rev. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- In private life they show him to be a good citizen, a good family man, absolutely moral, temperate in all things, and of great charitableness to all mankind. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- If self-denial be the essence of virtue, then it follows that the man who is naturally temperate, just, &c. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Finally, between 40,000 and 25,000 years ago, as the Fourth Glacial Age softened towards more temperate conditions (see Map on p. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- In the next place our youth must be temperate? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The Pliocene was a temperate time, and many of the warmth-loving plants and animals had gone. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- This separation, as far as the more temperate productions are concerned, must have taken place long ages ago. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- All other things I call luxuries, without meaning, by this appellation, to throw the smallest degree of reproach upon the temperate use of them. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Whereas true love is a love of beauty and order--temperate and harmonious? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- And being perfect, is therefore wise and valiant and temperate and juSt. That is likewise clear. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The temperate and torrid zones of the world are ransacked in order to secure the wood, the minerals and the animal substances, all of which are necessary to provide the means of play. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It is found over both temperate Europe and North America, but is common only in the north. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The weather was temperate; soft rains fell at night, and by day the wintry sun shone out. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- It may also be called temperate, and for the same reasons? 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Thunderstorms are at their worst in the summer in temperate latitudes, but they occur to some extent all the year round, and those in the tropics are of extreme violence. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- H'm--that's a temperate joy. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
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