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

• I was intemperate in my youth.
  年轻时我很放纵。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She slammed books, made some intemperate comments, and quickly left the conference room.
  她把书摔在桌子上，说了一些过激的话，然后快步离开会议室。
• Becket was at least as intemperate as Hildebrand, but he not only got his halo but did so in the fastest time on record.
  贝克特主教至少也和希尔得布兰德一样放纵无度，然而他不但得到了光环，而且是以有史记载以来最快的速度得到的。
• Who is that intemperate and brutal man whom we would redeem?
  谁是那我们应该去挽救的纵欲无度的残暴的人？
• 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。
• Intemperate in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute.
  放荡的，浪荡的无节制地追寻欢乐；