moderation 音标拼音: [m
, ɑdɚ'eʃən]
n . 缓和,适度,温和
缓和,适度,温和
moderation n 1 :
quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes [
synonym :
{
moderation }, {
moderateness }] [
ant : {
immoderateness },
{
immoderation }]
2 :
a change for the better [
synonym : {
easing }, {
moderation },
{
relief }]
3 :
the trait of avoiding excesses [
synonym : {
temperance },
{
moderation }] [
ant : {
intemperance }]
4 :
the action of lessening in severity or intensity ; "
the object being control or moderation of economic depressions " [
synonym :
{
moderation }, {
mitigation }]
Moderation \
Mod `
er *
a "
tion \,
n . [
L .
moderatio :
cf .
F .
mod ['
e ]
ration .]
1 .
The act of moderating ,
or of imposing due restraint .
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2 .
The state or quality of being mmoderate .
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In moderation placing all my glory ,
While Tories call me Whig ,
and Whigs a Tory . --
Pope .
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3 .
Calmness of mind ;
equanimity ;
as ,
to bear adversity with moderation .
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The calm and judicious moderation of Orange .
--
Motley .
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4 .
pl .
The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford ; --
usually contracted to {
mods }.
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56 Moby Thesaurus words for "
moderation ":
abnegation ,
boundary ,
bounds ,
center ,
compromise ,
confinement ,
constraint ,
continence ,
denial ,
discipline ,
fence ,
forbearance ,
frugality ,
golden mean ,
gravity ,
half measures ,
half -
and -
half measures ,
halfway measures ,
happy medium ,
limit ,
limitation ,
mean ,
measure ,
medium ,
middle course ,
middle ground ,
middle way ,
moderateness ,
neutral ground ,
nothing in excess ,
prescription ,
proscription ,
qualification ,
renouncement ,
renunciation ,
restrain ,
restraint ,
restriction ,
sedateness ,
self -
control ,
self -
denial ,
self -
discipline ,
self -
mastery ,
self -
restraint ,
seriousness ,
sober -
mindedness ,
soberness ,
sobersidedness ,
sobersides ,
sobriety ,
solemnity ,
sophrosyne ,
staidness ,
temperance ,
temperateness ,
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