abstemious / æbˈsti mi əs /

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abstemious 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
  2. characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life.
  3. sparing: an abstemious diet.

abstemious 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

restraining behavior or appetite

更多abstemious例句

  1. He quit smoking weed years ago, gave up drinking, and today lives a fairly abstemious life.
  2. Deviled eggs are a cocktail-party staple and are magnetic in their ability to attract even abstemious guests.
  3. Mr. Balfour, being an abstemious man, would not submit to the latter alternative, but consented to tell a story.
  4. Masters of prisons,” he rejoined, “who keep shop, have a natural horror of an abstemious captive.
  5. I think I have retained the vigor of my mind more, in consequence of an abstemious diet.
  6. After a few years, he ventured to change his abstemious diet for one more rich and stimulating.
  7. Many a person, who wishes to be abstemious, seems to think that if he only abstains from flesh and fish, that is enough.