intemperance

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Lack of moderation or temperance; excess. countable,uncountable
    — They deserved the enmity of the Pagans; and some of them might deserve the reproaches of avarice and intemperance; of avarice, which they gratified with holy plunder, and of intemperance, which they indulged at the expense of the people, who foolishly admired their tattered garments, loud psalmody, and artificial paleness.
  2. Drunkenness or gluttony. countable,uncountable
    — As I supported him towards his lodgings I could see that he was not only suffering from the effects of a recent debauch, but that a long course of intemperance had affected his nerves and his brain. […] He rambled in his speech, too, in a manner which suggested the delirium of disease rather than the talk of a drunkard.

词形变化

intemperances plural intemperaunce alternative,obsolete intemperancy alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

反义词
temperance
相关词
intemperate

词源

From Middle French intempérance, from Latin intemperantia.
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