temperance是什么意思？

temperance

英[ˈtempərəns] 美[ˈtɛmpərəns, ˈtɛmprəns]

• n. 节制（尤指饮食），节欲，戒酒；

例句

• We advocate temperance. 我们主张禁酒。
• The old man preached temperance to young people. 那位老人劝年轻人戒酒。
• Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians. 锻炼、节制、新鲜空气和必要的休息是最好的医生。
• Lost wealth can be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone for ever. 失去的财富可由勤奋而恢复，失去的知识可由学习而恢复，失去的健康可由节制或药物而恢复，但失去的时间却一去永不复返。
• Maybe ALL the Temperance Taverns have got a ha'nted room, hey, Huck? " 也许所有的禁酒客栈都有个闹鬼的房间, 喂, 哈克,你说是不是? ”
• Temperance is the best physic. 节欲是最好的药品.
• The temperance [ dry ; anti - alcohol ] movement revived in the city. 这个城市的 禁酒 运动又活跃起来了.
• The temperance league wanted to close all the saloons in town. 禁酒联合会要关闭镇上所有的酒吧.
• The age of hedonism is being ushered out by a new era of temperance. 享乐主义时代正让位于一个注重节制的时代。
• ...a reformed alcoholic extolling the joys of temperance. 对戒酒的好处赞不绝口的已成功戒酒的酒徒

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  戒酒;禁酒
  If you believe in temperance, you disapprove of drinking alcohol.
  例句
  ...a reformed alcoholic extolling the joys of temperance. 对戒酒的好处赞不绝口的已成功戒酒的酒徒
• N-UNCOUNT
  节制;有分寸;自我克制
  A person who shows temperance has a strong mind and does not eat too much, drink too much, or do too much of anything.
  例句
  The age of hedonism is being ushered out by a new era of temperance. 享乐主义时代正让位于一个注重节制的时代。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  节制(尤指饮食)；节欲
  Temperance is the best physic. 节欲是最好的药品。
  戒酒
  We advocate temperance. 我们主张禁酒。 The old man preached temperance to young people. 那位老人劝年轻人戒酒。 The temperance league wanted to close all the saloons in town. 禁酒联合会要关闭镇上所有的酒吧。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the trait of avoiding excesses
  2. abstaining from excess
  3. the act of tempering