| 单词 | intemperate |
| 释义 | intemperate (once / 3634 pages) adj If a climate is intemperate, its temperatures might be extreme. If a person is intemperate, his moods might be extreme. Being intemperate is all about avoiding moderation. Intemperate is a combination of the prefix in- meaning "not" and the Latin temperantia meaning "moderation." When you are intemperate, you are not doing things in moderation; you lack self-control. It's often a word used when describing the tendency someone has to indulge excessively in liquor. An alcoholic is intemperate — overindulging and depending on alcohol. WORD FAMILYintemperate: intemperately, intemperateness+/temperate: intemperate, temperately, temperateness, temperater USAGE EXAMPLESLike Conway, he sought to shift the conversation away from his intemperate response to the Washington Post report. The New Yorker(Dec 12, 2016) In fact the vote on June 23rd produced an intemperate, untameable animal. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) And Obama knows as well as anyone what the impact that a few intemperate remarks could have on a nation just barely holding it together. The Guardian(Nov 16, 2016) 1adj excessive in behavior intemperate rage Syn|Ant intense possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree immoderatebeyond reasonable limits big, heavyprodigious temperate not extreme in behavior mildmoderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme moderatebeing within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme abstemious, lightmarked by temperance in indulgence moderate, restrainedmarked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes 2adj given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors Syn hard, heavy indulgent characterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone 3adj (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes an intemperate climate intemperate zones Syn|Ant inclement (of weather or climate) severe temperate (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate clement(of weather or climate) physically mild cold-temperatethe colder parts of temperate waters equablenot varying |
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