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temperance 音標拼音: [t'ɛmpɚəns] [t'ɛmprəns] a. 溫暖的,溫和的,有節制的 溫暖的,溫和的,有節制的 temperance n 1: the trait of avoiding excesses [ synonym: { temperance}, { moderation}] [ ant: { intemperance}] 2: abstaining from excess [ synonym: { sobriety}, { temperance}] 3: the act of temperingTemperance \ 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Moderation of passion; patience; calmness; sedateness. [ R.] " A gentleman of all temperance." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] He calmed his wrath with goodly temperance. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 3. State with regard to heat or cold; temperature. [ Obs.] " Tender and delicate temperance." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { Temperance society}, an association formed for the purpose of diminishing or stopping the use of alcoholic liquors as a beverage. [ 1913 Webster] 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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