| 单词 | abstemious |
| 释义 | abstemious (once / 7558 pages) adj Reserve abstemious for someone who exercises restraint, especially with regard to alcohol. A rock musician may sing about enjoying wine and women, but in his private life he may be abstemious. You might get the idea that abstemious is a relative of abstain with a change of consonant, but in fact the two words only share the abs- prefix, meaning "away." The -temious bit in this adjective is from Latin temetum, "intoxicating drink," so it came to refer to someone who keeps alcohol (or other temptations) at arm's length. This word has the vowels a, e, i, o and u in alphabetical order; the adverb abstemiously adds the y! WORD FAMILYabstemious: abstemiously, abstemiousness USAGE EXAMPLESFor people with children, the idea of an abstemious festive season might prove difficult. The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016) Today’s teenagers might be our most abstemious yet. The Guardian(Dec 10, 2016) But the mini-scandal seemed to be fueled by a wish for Hannity to comport himself according to the abstemious norms of Serious Journalism. Slate(Aug 23, 2016) 1adj marked by temperance in indulgence abstemious with the use of adverbs Syn light temperate not extreme in behavior 2adj sparing in consumption of especially food and drink "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy Syn|Ant abstentious, abstinent self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartanpracticing great self-denial nonindulgent, strictcharacterized by strictness, severity, or restraint gluttonous given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink crapulousgiven to gross intemperance in eating or drinking crapulent, crapuloussuffering from excessive eating or drinking edacious, esurient, rapacious, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfishdevouring or craving food in great quantities greedywanting to eat or drink more than one can reasonably consume hoggish, piggish, piggy, porcine, swinishresembling swine; coarsely gluttonous or greedy overgreedy, too-greedyexcessively gluttonous indulgentcharacterized by or given to yielding to the wishes of someone |
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