abstemiousness

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

节制,禁欲,戒酒,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.

nounsobriety

Synonyms

Antonyms

In the end, the voyage made it easy to understand why we jettisoned so many of those promises about pet-care abstemiousness.
He retained his powers by great abstemiousness, living chiefly on figs, honey, and bread.
Careless to abstemiousness in her daily habits, it was part of her pride to set a feast before such of her guests as cared for it.
In self-examination temperance or abstemiousness plays an important rle.
We mean rather a more stringent abstemiousness, which may be called separation from the world, or asceticism.
I feel that my abstemiousness, implying as it does a jaded palate and an aristocratic indigestion, is highly fashionable.

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

节制,禁欲,戒酒,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.

nounsobriety

Synonyms

Antonyms

In the end, the voyage made it easy to understand why we jettisoned so many of those promises about pet-care abstemiousness.
He retained his powers by great abstemiousness, living chiefly on figs, honey, and bread.
Careless to abstemiousness in her daily habits, it was part of her pride to set a feast before such of her guests as cared for it.
In self-examination temperance or abstemiousness plays an important rle.
We mean rather a more stringent abstemiousness, which may be called separation from the world, or asceticism.
I feel that my abstemiousness, implying as it does a jaded palate and an aristocratic indigestion, is highly fashionable.