| 英语单词 | temperate |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['tempərət] 美 ['tempərət] |
| 中文释义 | adj.温和的;适度的;有节制的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) I love the temperate climate here. (2) It is rare for so temperate a man to get angry. (3) And he is steeped through and through with profound yet temperate happiness. (4) He is a temperate man, and never drinks too much. (5) Its beauty is more a kind of smiling beauty and the happiness it gives us is mild and temperate. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我喜欢这儿温和的气候。 (2) 象他这样性情温和的人发脾气是很少见的。 (3) 所以完全沉浸于深深的而又适度的幸福之中。 (4) 他是一个有节制的人,从不过量饮酒。 (5) 它的美比较是一种微笑的美,它给予我们的快乐是温和的,有节制的。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Temperate means mild, moderate. If you're a temperate person, you are calm, reasonable. If you live in a temperate climate it's warm and sunny, but not too hot. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Like other words that sound similar, temperate has to do with measurement and range. Temperatures measure how hot and cold things are and someone with a temper is hot-headed or intemperate, the opposite of this word. A temperate person's life motto is summed up by Goldilocks: not too hot and not too cold, just right. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](气候)温和的;(地区)温带的 Temperate is used to describe a climate or a place which is never extremely hot or extremely cold. [usu ADJ n]
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](行为)温和的,心平气和的,平心静气的 If a person's behaviour is temperate, it is calm and reasonable, so that they do not get angry or lose their temper easily. [FORMAL 正式]
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