英语词汇“abstemious”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	abstemious
释义	ab·ste·mi·ous \abzˈtēmēəs, əb-, -bˈst-\ adjective Etymology: Latin abstemius, from abs- (variant of ab- ab- (I)) + -temius (from temetum mead, wine, intoxicating beverage); akin to German dämlich stupid, silly, Old Norse thām mugginess, Old Irish tām death, Sanskrit tāmyati he becomes stunned, exhausted, and perhaps to Latin tenebrae darkness — more at temerity 1. : sparing in eating and drinking < the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious — John Galsworthy > < he was not a teetotaler, but abstemious — A.W.Long > : generally refraining from indulgence of pleasures and cravings < the most abstemious of men … he held old-fashioned and rather puritanical views — Virginia Woolf > : abstinent 2. : used with or in conformity with temperance or moderation : marked by abstinence < the Roman Empire appropriated far more energy than Greece, with its sparse abstemious dietary — Lewis Mumford > • ab·ste·mi·ous·ly adverb • ab·ste·mi·ous·ness noun -es
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