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intemperate

/in-tem-per-it, -prit/US // ɪnˈtɛm pər ɪt, -prɪt //UK // (ɪnˈtɛmpərɪt, -prɪt) //

胡言乱语,荒唐,荒诞不经的,荒诞不经

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
    • : immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion.
    • : not temperate; unrestrained; unbridled.
    • : extreme in temperature, as climate.

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Examples

  • Nevertheless, some progressives who want action now are in favor of this option, ignoring the risk of intemperate use of power down the line.

  • It means “them,” the 18- and 19-year-old volunteers who take on the brunt of our intemperate, accountability-free military policy.

  • His conduct is boorish and intemperate; his views are anachronistic and absurd; his moral authority is zilch.

  • But in so doing he appeared to be either forgetful of or intemperate towards a sizeable chunk of his own governing coalition.

  • He is often intemperate in tone—Morris "heaps deceit upon deceit"—which almost always is a sign of a weak argument.

  • Such intemperate exchanges will hardly count as edifying but they may, alas, be unavoidable.

  • But Griffith was not so intemperate as most squires; he could always mount the stairs to tea, and generally without staggering.

  • And yet the older artist's natural disposition was congenial to that of the younger one, only intemperate habits had vitiated it.

  • With my temper and some of my associations, intemperate profanity's been the easiest thing in the world to fall into.

  • Not so in the interior of the country, where the whites are remarkable for intemperate drinking.

  • She expressed the most poignant anguish for having indulged such unjust suspicions and intemperate passions.