| 单词 | temperance |
| 释义 | tem·per·ance 1. a. < the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, temperance, fortitude > < public opinion … its temperance or caprice — A.E.Stevenson †1965 > < compositions marked by temperance, serious reflection, and and expert writing — New Yorker > b. < preaches temperance in the enjoyment of the pleasures of bed and table > < his own … perfect temperance had in it a fascinating power — Walter Pater > specifically < temperance in those days was generally understood to mean total abstinence — John Lardner > 2. a. obsolete < boiled until they come unto a soft temperance — Edward Topsell > b. < this island … must needs be of subtle, tender and delicate temperance — Shakespeare > |
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