intemperate

英 [ɪnˈtempərət]

美 [ɪnˈtempərət]

adj.  放纵的; 无节制的; 酗酒的

BNC.34560 / COCA.28682

牛津词典

adj.

• 放纵的；无节制的
  showing a lack of control over yourself
  1. intemperate language
     过激的言语
• 酗酒的
  regularly drinking too much alcohol

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无节制的;过度的;过激的
  If you describe someone's words asintemperate, you are critical of them because they are too forceful and uncontrolled.
  1. The tone of the article is intemperate.
     文章的语气过激了。
  2. ...the unwisely intemperate language of the party chairman.
     该党主席愚蠢失当的言辞

英英释义

adj

• given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
  1. a hard drinker
  Synonym:hardheavy
• excessive in behavior
  1. intemperate rage
• (of weather or climate) not mild
  1. an intemperate climate
  2. intemperate zones

双语例句

• His intemperate ambition will bring him disastrous failure.
  他过度的野心会给他带来灾难性的失败。
• Ephesus had learnt to substitute the Virgin for Artemis, but had still the same intemperate zeal for its goddess as in the time of Saint Paul.
  以弗所人虽已学会以童贞女马利亚代替阿尔蒂米斯女神，但他们对阿尔蒂米斯仍然持有和在圣保罗时代同样强烈感情。
• I was intemperate in my youth.
  年轻时我很放纵。
• An organization about which Charles had made several intemperate and highly publicized remarks.
  一个查尔斯曾在非常公开的场合就其发表过一些过激评论的组织。
• In her intemperate husband, Mrs Fang has a broken reed.
  有了一个酗酒的丈夫，方太太依靠无人。
• For the most part we are an intemperate people: we eat too much when we can, drink too much, indulge our senses too much.
  多数情况下，我们是一个放纵的民族：能吃能喝的时候，吃太多，喝太多，太纵容我们的感官。
• I wrote a decidedly intemperate journal entry on Byron's thunderbolt visit and its miserable outcome.
  我曾以非常激烈的措词写下一篇日记，记叙拜伦的突然来访，以及它的可悲结局。
• Most bosses are too sensible to send intemperate e-mails that would get them into trouble of this sort and most workers are too sensible for bricks or keys, meaning that other ways need to be found to vent anger.
  大多数老板都非常理智，不会发送会令自己陷入此类麻烦的电子邮件，而大多数员工也很理智，不会诉诸于砖头和钥匙，这意味着，人们必须寻找其它途径来发泄。
• He was immediately led from the arena, and was warmly rebuked for his intemperate haste.
  他立刻被带出场，由于他暴烈性子他受到狠狠的训斥。
• The governor said he would not be provoked into intemperate action.
  总督说他不会受人挑拨而采取过激行为。