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temperance    音标拼音: [t'ɛmpɚəns] [t'ɛmprəns]
a. 温暖的,温和的,有节制的

温暖的,温和的,有节制的

temperance
n 1: the trait of avoiding excesses [synonym: {temperance},
{moderation}] [ant: {intemperance}]
2: abstaining from excess [synonym: {sobriety}, {temperance}]
3: the act of tempering

Temperance \Tem"per*ance\, n. [L. temperantia: cf. F.
temp['e]rance. See {Temper}, v. t.]
1. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the
natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate
indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and
drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth;
specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in
respect to using intoxicating liquors.
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2. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness.
[R.] "A gentleman of all temperance." --Shak.
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He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance.
--Spenser.
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3. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [Obs.]
"Tender and delicate temperance." --Shak.
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{Temperance society}, an association formed for the purpose
of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as
a beverage.
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82 Moby Thesaurus words for "temperance":
Rechabitism, abnegation, abstemiousness, abstinence, asceticism,
austerity, calm, calmness, cardinal virtues, charity, conservatism,
constraint, continence, control, cool, dispassion, eschewal,
evenness, faith, forbearance, forgoing, fortitude, gentleness,
golden mean, gravity, happy medium, hope, impartiality,
judiciousness, juste-milieu, justice, lenity, love, measure,
meden agan, middle way, mildness, moderateness, moderation,
moderationism, mortification, natural virtues, neutrality,
nonviolence, nothing in excess, pacifism, prohibition, prudence,
reasonableness, refrainment, repose, restraint, sacrifice,
sedateness, self-abnegation, self-control, self-denial,
self-discipline, self-restraint, serenity, seriousness,
sober-mindedness, soberness, sobersidedness, sobersides, sobriety,
solemnity, stability, staidness, steadiness, supernatural virtues,
teetotalism, temperateness, theological virtues, tranquillity,
undrunkenness, unexcessiveness, unextravagance, unextremeness,
uninebriatedness, unintoxicatedness, via media


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  • TEMPERANCE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of TEMPERANCE is moderation in action, thought, or feeling : restraint How to use temperance in a sentence Did you know?
  • TEMPERANCE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    TEMPERANCE definition: moderation or self-restraint in action, statement, etc ; self-control See examples of temperance used in a sentence
  • Temperance (virtue) - Wikipedia
    Temperance has been described as a virtue by religious thinkers, philosophers, and more recently, psychologists, particularly in the positive psychology movement It has a long history in philosophical and religious thought
  • TEMPERANCE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    Temperance is probably the cardinal virtue most strongly associated with dignity, although one has to bear in mind that it always combines with wisdom Temperance was represented as the virtue necessary to establishing this balance
  • temperance noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    Definition of temperance noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • Temperance - definition of temperance by The Free Dictionary
    Define temperance temperance synonyms, temperance pronunciation, temperance translation, English dictionary definition of temperance n 1 Abstinence from or moderation in drinking alcoholic beverages See Synonyms at abstinence 2 Moderation and self-restraint, as in behavior or
  • temperance - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    From Anglo-Norman temperance, from Latin temperantia (“moderation, sobriety, discretion, self-control”), from temperans, present participle of temperare (“to moderate”)
  • What does temperance mean? - Definitions. net
    Temperance refers to moderation or self-restraint in behavior or attitude, particularly in relation to desires or pleasures It is associated with practices of abstaining from excess, especially in relation to alcohol or other substances
  • Temperance Movement - Women the American Story
    Temperance activists often reflected the anti-immigration language of nativists, describing the immigrants’ drinking culture as immoral and un-American Industrialization and immigration also led to the growth of cities, which temperance activists viewed as hotbeds of immorality
  • Definition of temperance – Meaning Examples - Better Words
    Over time, 'temperance' became the modern English word used to describe the quality or practice of exercising moderation and self-control, particularly in relation to pleasures and desires





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