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temperate 音标拼音: [t'ɛmprət] [t'ɛmpɚət] a. 有节制的,适度的,温和的,温带的 有节制的,适度的,温和的,温带的 temperate adj 1: ( of weather or climate) free from extremes; mild; or characteristic of such weather or climate; " a temperate region"; " the temperate zones"; " temperate plants" [ ant: { intemperate}] 2: not extreme in behavior; " temperate in his habits"; " a temperate response to an insult"; " temperate in his eating and drinking" [ ant: { intemperate}] 3: not extreme; " a moderate penalty"; " temperate in his response to criticism" [ synonym: { moderate}, { temperate}] Temperate \ Tem" per* ate\, a. [ L. temperatus, p. p. of temperare. See { Temper}, v. t.] 1. Moderate; not excessive; as, temperate heat; a temperate climate. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Not marked with passion; not violent; cool; calm; as, temperate language. [ 1913 Webster] She is not hot, but temperate as the morn. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions; as, temperate in eating and drinking. [ 1913 Webster] Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. -- Franklin. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Proceeding from temperance. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] { Temperate zone} ( Geog.), that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Abstemious; sober; calm; cool; sedate. [ 1913 Webster]
Temperate \ Tem" per* ate\, v. t. To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] It inflames temperance, and temperates wrath. -- Marston. [ 1913 Webster] 109 Moby Thesaurus words for " temperate": abstemious, abstentious, abstinent, aestival, ascetic, austere, bland, blood- hot, blood- warm, bracing, calid, calm, celibate, chaste, checked, chill, chilly, cold sober, composed, constant, continent, controlled, cool, coolish, curbed, disciplined, discreet, dispassionate, equable, equatorial, even, even- tempered, forbearing, fresh, frugal, genial, gentle, grave, imperturbable, indulgent, invigorating, judicious, luke, lukewarm, measured, mild, mild as milk, moderate, modest, nonviolent, pacifistic, peaceable, peaceful, prudent, puritanical, quiet, rational, reasonable, regulated, restrained, room- temperature, sane, sedate, self- denying, self- indulgent, self- possessed, self- restrained, sensible, serene, serious, sober, sober- minded, sobersided, soft, solemn, sparing, stable, staid, steady, stimulating, stinting, subtropical, summery, sunny, sunshiny, tame, teetotal, tepid, thermal, thermic, toasty, tranquil, tropical, undrunk, undrunken, unexcessive, unexcited, unextreme, unfrozen, unimpassioned, uninebriate, uninebrious, unintoxicated, unperturbed, unruffled, untipsy, warm, warm as toast, warmish
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