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temperance

/tem-per-uhns, tem-pruhns/US // ˈtɛm pər əns, ˈtɛm prəns //UK // (ˈtɛmpərəns) //

节制,气节,脾气,戒酒

Related Words

control控制,管制,控制权,操控stoicism拘谨主义,委曲求全,坚毅主义,坚毅self-denial自我放弃,自我否定,自我牺牲,自我否认measure措施,衡量,计量,衡量标准mortification屈辱,屈辱感,堕落,屈辱的代价teetotalism戒酒,戒酒主义,嗜酒如命,嗜酒abstemiousness节制,禁欲,戒酒,节欲continence节制,连续性,节制饮食,节制性soberness唏嘘,唏嘘不已,清醒,肃静discretion自由裁量权,酌情处理,斟酌决定,谨慎self-control自控,自我控制,自制力,自制frugality节俭,节俭性,节约,俭朴sobriety清醒,清醒的人,清醒的,清醒地restraint约束力,克制,约束,约束性sacrifice牺牲,祭祀,牺牲品,牺性prudence审慎,审慎性,谨慎性,谨慎prohibition禁令,禁止,禁忌,禁制moderation节制,适度,温和,温和的austerity紧缩政策,紧缩,紧缩性,紧缩开支moderateness适度性,温和性,适度,温和度

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc.; self-control.
    • : habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion, especially in the use of alcoholic liquors.
    • : total abstinence from alcoholic liquors.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounself-restraint; abstinence
Synonyms
abnegation弃权,拒绝承认,谴责,拒绝接受abstemiousness节制,禁欲,戒酒,节欲asceticism禁欲主义,苦行主义,禁欲,戒酒astringency涩度,收敛性,涩味,涩感austerity紧缩政策,紧缩,紧缩性,紧缩开支conservatism保守主义,保守派,守旧主义constraint约束力,拘束力,约束条件,限制条件continence节制,连续性,节制饮食,节制性control控制,管制,控制权,操控discretion自由裁量权,酌情处理,斟酌决定,谨慎forbearance隐忍,忍受,忍受力,隐忍不发forgoing谈到的,谈到,谈到的问题,谈到了frugality节俭,节俭性,节约,俭朴measure措施,衡量,计量,衡量标准moderateness适度性,温和性,适度,温和度moderation节制,适度,温和,温和的moderatism温和主义,节制主义,缓和主义,温和派mortification屈辱,屈辱感,堕落,屈辱的代价prohibition禁令,禁止,禁忌,禁制prudence审慎,审慎性,谨慎性,谨慎reasonableness合理性,合理,合理性,合理化restraint约束力,克制,约束,约束性sacrifice牺牲,祭祀,牺牲品,牺性self-control自控,自我控制,自制力,自制self-denial自我放弃,自我否定,自我牺牲,自我否认self-discipline自律性,自律,自律性强,自我约束soberness唏嘘,唏嘘不已,清醒,肃静sobriety清醒,清醒的人,清醒的,清醒地stoicism拘谨主义,委曲求全,坚毅主义,坚毅teetotalism戒酒,戒酒主义,嗜酒如命,嗜酒eschewal炼金术士,炼油厂,炼金术,炼狱golden mean黄金分割线,黄金分割,黄金分割点,黄金分割法happy medium快乐的媒介,幸福的媒介,幸福的介质,愉快的媒介refrainment克制,克制力,禁欲,克制的self-deprivation自我剥夺,自我牺牲,自我否定,自我毁灭uninebriation不醉翁之意不在酒,不醉不归,不醉无归,醉酒unintoxication无毒,解毒,无麻醉剂,不中毒

Examples

  • More importantly, Longworth viewed wine as a critical piece of the temperance movement.

  • Such temperance may disappoint Catholics anxious for more sweeping changes in Rome.

  • Resistance to “The Star-Spangled Banner” also flared among blacks, pacifists, and advocates of temperance.

  • Employ temperance in all things, avoiding overindulgence in celebration or self-deprivation.

  • Dear Mother, by thy heart then so cruelly martyred, obtain for me the virtue of temperance and the gift of counsel.

  • Accordingly, temperance was said farewell to, quinine instituted, and I believe my pains are soon to be over.

  • The temperance, moreover, which it compels in those who cannot eat sea provisions, is very conducive to health.

  • Some one spoke of certain evangelists who were conducting a temperance campaign among the workers in the steel-mills.

  • He was a strictly temperance dog, and would allow no one on the premises who was what is called worse for liquor.

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