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单词 abstemious
释义
abstemiousab‧ste‧mi‧ous /əbˈstiːmiəs/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINabstemious
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin abstemius, from abs- ‘away’ + temetum ‘strong drink’
Examples
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  • Archibald is moved by the inappropriateness of the gift; he is known as the most abstemious man around.
  • But such people are abstemious in many other ways, e.g. they do not drink tea.
  • Gallstones he'd had and, though an abstemious man, gout.
  • I try to be a reasonably abstemious individual.
  • In some ways, Livesey seems to have led an abstemious, not to say ascetic life.
  • Ken, meanwhile, was living a more abstemious existence on stage.
  • The T'ang was usually abstemious, but tonight his mood seemed different.
careful not to have too much food, drink etcabstemiousness noun [uncountable]
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