Temperate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.自制的
• ［英］ adj.自制的 ( marked by moderation)
• ［类］ temperate : restrain / tenacious : persist ( 节制的人节制 / 顽固的人坚持)

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Middle English temperat, from Latin temperatus, from past participle of temperare
• Date: 14th century
• 1. marked by moderation: as
  • a. keeping or held within limits ; not extreme or excessive ; mild
  • b. moderate in indulgence of appetite or desire
  • c. moderate in the use of alcoholic beverages
  • d. marked by an absence or avoidance of extravagance, violence, or extreme partisanship
• 2.
  • a. having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature
  • b. found in or associated with a moderate climate <temperate insects>
• 3. existing as a prophage in infected cells and rarely causing lysis <temperate bacteriophages>
• ? temperately adverb
• ? temperateness noun

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