temperance
英 [ˈtempərəns]
美 [ˈtempərəns]
n. (由于道德或宗教信仰而实行的)戒酒，禁酒，滴酒不沾; 自我克制; 克己; 节欲; 节食
BNC.15992 / COCA.21464
牛津词典
noun
- （由于道德或宗教信仰而实行的）戒酒，禁酒，滴酒不沾
the practice of not drinking alcohol because of your moral or religious beliefs - 自我克制；克己；节欲；节食
the practice of controlling your behaviour, the amount you eat, etc., so that it is always reasonable
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 戒酒;禁酒
If you believe intemperance, you disapprove of drinking alcohol.- ...a reformed alcoholic extolling the joys of temperance.
对戒酒的好处赞不绝口的已成功戒酒的酒徒
- ...a reformed alcoholic extolling the joys of temperance.
- N-UNCOUNT 节制;有分寸;自我克制
A person who showstemperancehas a strong mind and does not eat too much, drink too much, or do too much of anything.- The age of hedonism is being ushered out by a new era of temperance.
享乐主义时代正让位于一个注重节制的时代。
- The age of hedonism is being ushered out by a new era of temperance.
英英释义
noun
- the act of tempering
- abstaining from excess
- the trait of avoiding excesses
双语例句
- She didn't need temperance lectures from me.
她不需要我给她讲忌酒的道理。 - Let us pause a while on the two last fruits of the Spirit& Faith and Temperance.
现在让我们思想最后两个圣灵的果子：信实与节制。 - Prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance are the four classical virtues advocated by the Greek philosopher aristotle.
谨慎、公正、坚忍和节制是古希腊哲学家亚里斯多德所倡导的四大传统美德。 - He is an apostle of temperance.
他是一个禁烟的宣传者。 - Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
温柔，节制。这样的事，没有律法禁止。 - The age of hedonism is being ushered out by a new era of temperance.
享乐主义时代正让位于一个注重节制的时代。 - Abstinence from food, or temperance in taking it, helps to strengthen the soul for intercourse with God.
无论是完全禁食，或节制饮食，都会使人更有能力与神有交通。 - He believed in the value of work, of industry, of fidelity, and temperance in all things.
他相信劳动、勤奋、忠贞和凡事适可而止的价值观。 - Temperance: Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
节制：食不过饱；饮酒不醉。 - Leadership in the temperance agitation in the north and Middle West was taken by the methodists, often more socially alert than other Protestant groups.
卫理公会教徒取得北部和中西部禁酒运动的领导权，他们往往比其它新教徒集团对社会义务更具有警觉性。