音标:[in'tempәrit] ;
a. 不节制的, 不温和的, 饮酒过度的
a. (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes
a. excessive in behavior
s. given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
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intemperate的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. His intemperate ambition will bring him disastrous failure.他过度的野心会给他带来灾难性的失败。
  2. His attack on traditional family life was so intemperate that everything they most valued seemed trampled on.他对传统家庭生活的攻击是如此激烈,以至于他们所珍视的一切似乎都遭到了践踏。
  3. The man who has been intemperate so many years are in his last days.那人放纵了这么多年,怕是活不了几天了。
  4. She has an intemperate husband, who indulges in drinking.他有一个酗酒的丈夫。

经典引文

  • The Zones are either Temperate or Intemperate, and the Intemperate are either Cold or Hot.

    出自:W. Leybourn
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