temperance(每日一词“temperance”)

temperance

英 [ˈtempərəns]

美 [ˈtempərəns]

n.

戒酒；禁酒

英文释义：

1. (old-fashioned) the practice of not drinking alcohol because of your moral or religious beliefs

(老式的)因为你的道德或宗教信仰而不喝酒的行为

2. (formal) the practice of controlling your behaviour, the amount you eat, etc, so that it is always reasonable

(正式)控制自己的行为、食量等，使之始终合理的做法

举个例子：

1.The age of hedonism is being ushered out by a new era of temperance.

享乐主义的时代正被一个注重节制的时代所取代。

2.Maybe all the Temperance Taverns have got a ha'nted room, hey, Huck?

也许所有的禁酒客栈里都有个闹鬼的房间，喂，哈克，你说是不是？

3.We may well treat someone we think of as distinguished in justice, or in courage, or in temperance...

我们可能会彬彬有礼地对待那些追求正义 勇气可嘉 生活节制的人。

4.But ordinary drinking dens are becoming a little drier, too, out of business sense rather than temperance principle.

但是，普通的酒吧也开始迎合戒酒的风尚了，它们是出于商业的目的，而不是因为节制的原则。

5.He worked at a variety of jobs-as a carpenter, insurance salesman, keeper of a temperance hotel-before taking a position as a janitor at Anderson's (now the University of Strathclyde) in Glasgow.

之后他做过许多工作——木匠、保险推销员、禁酒旅店管理员，然后他来到格拉哥斯安德森大学（现在的斯特拉恩克莱德大学）当了一名门房。

6.Susan B. Anthony was born in 1820. She was part of the temperance movement, which was a group of people who believed that people should drink very little or no alcohol.

苏珊·B·安东尼出生于1820年。她参与了当时的禁酒运动，该运动参与者认为人们应该少饮酒，或者不饮酒。

常用短语：

Temperance Movement: 禁酒运动；戒酒运动

Operating temperance: 工作温度

temperance drink: 无酒精饮料；低酒精饮料

a temperance hotel: 不卖酒的旅馆

temperance drinks: 无酒精饮料

词汇拓展：

近义词

n. restraint, control, natural virtue, abstinence, combination, combining, compounding

反义词

n. intemperance

联想词

suffrage选举权;

abstinence节制;

piety虔诚;

virtues美德;

morals道德;

self-control克己;

Whig辉格党;

immorality不道德,无道义;

zeal热心;

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