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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But it just could be a sign of the kind of intemperate policies many hope a future Libya will avoid, and what help now could prevent.
  但是，这可能正是一种过激政策的迹象，很多人希望未来的利比亚能避免出现这样没有节制的政策，也希望现在提供的支持能避免发生这种问题。
• I was intemperate in my youth.
  年轻时我很放纵。
• The leader was accused of using intemperate language to stir up hatred and violence.
  这个领导者因为使用过激的语言煽动仇恨和暴力而受到指控。
• An organization about which Charles had made several intemperate and highly publicized remarks.
  一个查尔斯曾在非常公开的场合就其发表过一些过激评论的组织。
• Since the late 1970s, massive and intemperate exploitation of groundwater in the whole irrigation district induced by population explosion and barren land reclaim are the main cause of high rate of soil salinization and sandy desertification.
  结果表明，人口膨胀、大面积开荒等导致的大规模、无节制地开采地下水，造成地下水水位下降、水质恶化，是30多年来民勤盆地土壤盐碱化、沙漠化迅速发展主要原因。