| 单词 | moderation |
| 释义 | moderation (once / 884 pages) 1n 2n Eating foods in moderation is a key to maintaining a healthy diet. That means you have a little bit of everything, rather than gorging, say, on steak and ice cream. The word moderation describes a middle ground often in either behavior or political opinions. When a politician tries not to be too extreme to the left or right, he is using moderation to hold a middle ground in the hopes of getting as many voters as possible. Moderation can also be the act of tempering an extreme. Try a moderation of your coffee habit, and cut down from 8 cups a day to 2. WORD FAMILYmoderation: moderationism, moderationist, moderations+/immoderate: immoderately, immoderateness, immoderation/moderate: immoderate, moderated, moderately, moderateness, moderates, moderating, moderation, moderatism, moderator/moderated: unmoderated/moderator: moderators, moderatorship USAGE EXAMPLES“I promise the Chianti will be flowing from lunch on,” said Ms. Berry, a Buddhist who observes the concept of moderation rather than deprivation. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) Highlighting the “occupied territories”—in U.N. resolutions, for example—implies moderation. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) Critically, a warning to eat sugar, fats and salts in moderation was added in 1982. BBC(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper moderateness immoderateness, immoderation the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation golden mean the middle between extremes reasonablenessmoderation in expectations degree, grade, level a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality 2n the trait of avoiding excesses Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper temperance intemperance the quality of being intemperate dryness, sobriety moderation in or abstinence from alcohol or other drugs abstemiousnessmoderation in eating and drinking natural virtue (scholasticism) one of the four virtues (prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance) derived from nature control, restraintdiscipline in personal and social activities 3n the action of lessening in severity or intensity 2the object being control or moderation of economic depressions Syn|Hypo|Hyper mitigation abatement the act of abating abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement(law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been found to be a nuisance decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down the act of decreasing or reducing something n a change for the better Syn|Hypo|Hyper easing, relief disembarrassment something that extricates you from embarrassment breath of fresh aira welcome relief alteration, change, modification an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
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