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单词 abstemiousness
释义 abstemiousness|æbˈstiːmɪəsnɪs|
[f. abstemious + -ness.]
The quality of being abstemious, or sparing in the use of strong drink and delicacies.
1626Donne Serm. V. cxxxix. 486 As if God required such a forbearing, such an abstemiousness in man as that being set to rule and govern the creatures he might not use and enjoy them.1655Fuller Ch. Hist. ii. x. 130 He could digest a Bishoprick, which his abstemiousness formerly refused.1827Scott Surg. Dau. i. 23 Four years, or so, of abstemiousness enable them to stand an election dinner.
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