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单词 intemperance
释义
intemperance
noun[U]
formal
uk
/ɪnˈtem.pər.əns/us
/ɪnˈtem.pɚ.əns/
theactionorqualityofshowingangerorviolencethat is tooextremeand not wellcontrolled:
无节制，过度，放纵
Iregretthe intemperance of what I said.我对所说的不恰当的话感到遗憾。
Lack ofresourcesleadstoadditionalstressand canleadto intemperance.资源的缺乏导致了额外的压力，并可能导致行为上的放纵。
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  • She had written backregrettingherearlierintemperance andsuggestingafriendlydrink.
  • The intemperance of his wordsinfuriatedthecommunity.
  • He hasprotestedabout the intemperance of thecriticismhe hasencountered.
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(Definition ofintemperancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofintemperance

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Finally, associations are formed to combat exclusively moral troubles:intemperanceis fought in common.
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Although disclosed teeth imply wildintemperanceto almost no one today, artists are the last to relinquish the rich old resonances.
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As we have seen,intemperancecan be due to a wide range of conditions, from the ridiculous to the sublime.
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Those who scandalized the public were condemned to perform a public penance to deter others from committing such intemperances.
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They ally themselves with the aristocracy as gentle but distinguish themselves from the material signs of aristocracy and certain aristocratic behaviors, particularly idleness,intemperance, and roguery toward women.
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In addition, he argues that many workers are the authors of their own misfortunes, citingintemperanceand greed as major causes of working class ill-health (45-50, 209-11).
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I believe the reason is that the calamity ofintemperanceaffects a woman rather differently in some ways from a man.
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If they are going to stopintemperanceby limiting drink, why do they touch one source of supply only, and not all sources of supply?
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In the first place it will not tend to diminishintemperance.
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In fact, in my opinion, it will rather promoteintemperance.
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Unemployment is due to defective constitution, to irregular habits, such asintemperance, and to slum life and low wages.
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I am a teetotaller but am well aware thatintemperancein the cause of temperance is generally counter-productive.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is comparatively rare forintemperanceto break out after that age except under the stress of circumstances quite outside our present consideration.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am afraid it is a formidable evil, more formidable even than the great evil ofintemperance, and it does almost more damage thanintemperance.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
First, the persuasiveness of argument is often in inverse ratio to theintemperanceof the language used to advance it.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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