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intemperate

英 [ɪn'temp(ə)rət] 美 [ɪn'tɛmpərət]

解释

adj. 放纵的；酗酒的；酷烈的

※ 提供单词"intemperate"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

intemperate 无节制的，放纵的

in-,不，非，temperate,有节制的。

英文词源

intemperate (adj.): "characterized by excessive indulgence in a passion or appetite," late 14c., from Latin intemperatus "untempered, inclement, immoderate," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + temperantia (see temperance). Related: Intemperately.

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例句和用法

1. The tone of the article is intemperate.: 文章的语气过激了。

2. Many people felt threatened by Arther's forceful, sometimes intemperate style.: 很多人都觉得阿瑟的强硬的、有时过激的作风咄咄逼人.

3. The style was hurried, the tone intemperate.: 匆促的笔调, 放纵的语气.

4. He was immediately led from the arena, and was warmly rebuked for his intemperate haste.: 他立刻被带出场, 由于他暴烈性子他受到狠狠的训斥.

5. I wrote a decidedly intemperate journal entry on Byron's thunderbolt visit and its miserable outcome.: 我曾以非常激烈的措词写下一篇日记,记叙拜伦的突然来访,以及它的可悲结局.