abstemious

/ab-stee-mee-uhs/US // æbˈsti mi əs //UK // (əbˈstiːmɪəs) //

节制,节制的,禁欲,节欲

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
- : characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life.
- : sparing: an abstemious diet.

adj.restraining behavior or appetite

Synonyms

He quit smoking weed years ago, gave up drinking, and today lives a fairly abstemious life.
Deviled eggs are a cocktail-party staple and are magnetic in their ability to attract even abstemious guests.
Mr. Balfour, being an abstemious man, would not submit to the latter alternative, but consented to tell a story.
Masters of prisons,” he rejoined, “who keep shop, have a natural horror of an abstemious captive.
I think I have retained the vigor of my mind more, in consequence of an abstemious diet.
After a few years, he ventured to change his abstemious diet for one more rich and stimulating.
Many a person, who wishes to be abstemious, seems to think that if he only abstains from flesh and fish, that is enough.

/ab-stee-mee-uhs/US // æbˈsti mi əs //UK // (əbˈstiːmɪəs) //

节制,节制的,禁欲,节欲

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet.
- : characterized by abstinence: an abstemious life.
- : sparing: an abstemious diet.

adj.restraining behavior or appetite

Synonyms

He quit smoking weed years ago, gave up drinking, and today lives a fairly abstemious life.
Deviled eggs are a cocktail-party staple and are magnetic in their ability to attract even abstemious guests.
Mr. Balfour, being an abstemious man, would not submit to the latter alternative, but consented to tell a story.
Masters of prisons,” he rejoined, “who keep shop, have a natural horror of an abstemious captive.
I think I have retained the vigor of my mind more, in consequence of an abstemious diet.
After a few years, he ventured to change his abstemious diet for one more rich and stimulating.
Many a person, who wishes to be abstemious, seems to think that if he only abstains from flesh and fish, that is enough.