in·tem·per·ate /-p(ə)rət/
(a.)不節制的,過度的,飲酒過度的
in·tem·per·ate /-p(ə)rət/ 形容詞
In·tem·per·ate a.
1. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate in enjoyment or exertion.
2. Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors.
3. Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather.
Most do taste through fond intemperate thirst. --Milton.
Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing. --Ecclus. xxiii. 13.
In·tem·per·ate v. t. To disorder. [Obs.]
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intemperate
adj 1: (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an
intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones" [ant: temperate]
2: excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage" [ant: temperate]
3: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially
for intoxicating liquors