| 单词 | tempering |
| 释义 | tempering (once / 9649 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY tempering: temperings+/distemper: distempered, distempering, distempers/intemperance: intemperances/temper: distemper, temperance, tempered, tempering, tempers/temperance: intemperance, temperances/tempered: ill-tempered, temperedest, temperedly, untempered USAGE EXAMPLESInstead of offering just fish heaped on rice, each bowl is nearly overgrown with mesclun greens and seaweed salad, tempering the lushness. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) Further tempering the slight optimism here are reports that Trump is close to nominating retired Marine Gen. James N. Mattis as his defense secretary. Washington Post(Nov 24, 2016) Today, only unreconstructed Herbert Hoover economists would deny the necessary government role in tempering the extremes of unchecked market forces and in guiding monetary policy. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) 1adj moderating by making more temperate Syn moderating lessening in intensity or strength 2n hardening something by heat treatment Syn|Hyper annealing hardening the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact) |
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