temperate

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a. 温和的, 适度的, 有节制的, 温带的

发音

US /ˈtɛmpəɹət/

词形变化

temperated temperates 三单 temperates temperating temperating 现在分词 temperated 过去式 temperated 过去分词 more temperate 比较级 most temperate 最高级

别名

temperat

教材释义与例句

形容词

温和的；适度的；有节制的

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To render temperate; to moderate

    温和的

    废旧
adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Moderate; not excessive.

    温和的

    temperate heat

    He has a temperate demeanour

  2. 2.

    Moderate; not excessive.

    Specifically, moderate in temperature.

    These trees can only grow in temperate climates.

  3. 3.

    Moderate; not excessive.

    Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions

    temperate in eating and drinking.

    August 9, 1768, Benjamin Franklin, To John Alleyne, Esq. On Early Marriages Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

  4. 4.

    Proceeding from temperance.

  5. 5.

    Dependent on life in a temperate climate.

    temperate fishes

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

moderate

反义词 1

intemperate

近义相关 6

light mild moderate restrained equable abstemious

参见 3

mild moderate clement

相关短语

temperate zone 温带 [医] 温带 temperate zones temperate rainforest temperate rainforests north temperate zone 北温带 south temperate zone

词源

The adjective is first attested in 1380, in Middle English, the verb in 1540; borrowed from Latin temperātus, perfect passive participle of temperō (“to moderate, forbear, combine properly”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). See temper. Displaced native Old English ġemetegod.

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