| 单词 | temperate |
| 释义 | temperate (once / 725 pages) adj Temperate means mild, moderate. If you're a temperate person, you are calm, reasonable. If you live in a temperate climate, it's warm and sunny, but not too hot. Like other words that sound similar, temperate has to do with measurement and range. Temperatures measure how hot and cold things are and someone with a temper is hot-headed or intemperate, the opposite of this word. A temperate person's life motto is summed up by Goldilocks: not too hot and not too cold, just right. WORD FAMILYtemperate: intemperate, temperately, temperateness, temperater+/intemperate: intemperately, intemperateness USAGE EXAMPLESBut even at temperate European latitudes, scientists were finding plants moving north, new insects arriving and previously unseen diseases. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) For these, and perhaps some other countries in tropical or temperate zones, it may be a way of saving money and energy. BBC(Dec 22, 2016) They are common in equatorial, temperate and cold waters. Los Angeles Times(Nov 29, 2016) 1adj not extreme temperate in his response to criticism Syn moderate mild moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme 2adj (of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate a temperate region the temperate zones temperate plants Syn|Ant clement (of weather or climate) physically mild cold-temperatethe colder parts of temperate waters equablenot varying intemperate (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes inclement(of weather or climate) severe 3adj not extreme in behavior temperate in his habits a temperate response to an insult temperate in his eating and drinking Syn|Ant mild moderate 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 intemperate excessive in behavior intensepossessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree immoderatebeyond reasonable limits big, heavyprodigious |
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