"characterized by excessive indulgence in a passion or appetite," late 14c., from Latin intemperatus "untempered, inclement, immoderate," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + temperantia (see temperance). Related: Intemperately.
雙語例句
1. The tone of the article is intemperate.
文章的語氣過激了。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Many people felt threatened by Arther's forceful, sometimes intemperate style.
很多人都覺得阿瑟的強(qiáng)硬的 、 有時(shí)過激的作風(fēng)咄咄逼人.
來自辭典例句
3. The style was hurried, the tone intemperate.
匆促的筆調(diào), 放縱的語氣.
來自辭典例句
4. He was immediately led from the arena, and was warmly rebuked for his intemperate haste.
他立刻被帶出場, 由于他暴烈性子他受到狠狠的訓(xùn)斥.
來自辭典例句
5. I wrote a decidedly intemperate journal entry on Byron's thunderbolt visit and its miserable outcome.