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abstemiously

/ab-stee-mee-uhs/US // æbˈsti mi əs //UK // (əbˈstiːmɪəs) //

节制,节制地,节食,节制的

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Definitions

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

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Examples

  • He quit smoking weed years ago, gave up drinking, and today lives a fairly abstemious life.

  • Deviled eggs are a cocktail-party staple and are magnetic in their ability to attract even abstemious guests.

  • Mr. Balfour, being an abstemious man, would not submit to the latter alternative, but consented to tell a story.

  • Masters of prisons,” he rejoined, “who keep shop, have a natural horror of an abstemious captive.

  • I think I have retained the vigor of my mind more, in consequence of an abstemious diet.

  • After a few years, he ventured to change his abstemious diet for one more rich and stimulating.

  • Many a person, who wishes to be abstemious, seems to think that if he only abstains from flesh and fish, that is enough.