单词 | abstemiousness |
释义 | abstemiousness (once / 38500 pages) n WORD FAMILY abstemious: abstemiously, abstemiousness USAGE EXAMPLESThe colorless singing is an expression of the characters' abstemiousness. Los Angeles Times(Jan 22, 2015) Abstemiousness is also a hallmark of the Shaker religion, a celibate 18th-century offshoot of the Quakers and now nearly extinct. New York Times(May 29, 2014) Mr. Islam, the former Cat Stevens, left pop stardom for a life of abstemiousness and Islamic study. New York Times(Apr 11, 2014) 1n moderation in eating and drinking Hyper moderation, temperance the trait of avoiding excesses 2n restricted to bare necessities Hyper exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness the quality of being meager |
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