abstemious
abstemious — 形容詞
- abstemiouspositive
- more abstemiouscomparative
- most abstemioussuperlative
1. Choosing to live in a simple, controlled way — avoiding rich food, alcohol, and
節制；儉樸
對食物、飲酒等享樂有所節制
Choosing to live in a simple, controlled way — avoiding rich food, alcohol, and other physical pleasures, usually as a matter of principle or self-discipline.
Trang has followed an abstemious diet for years, eating only vegetables and rice.
Trang 多年來一直遵循節制的飲食習慣，只吃蔬菜和米飯。
collocation: abstemious diet
The monk's abstemious lifestyle impressed Cole, who decided to give up alcohol.
那位僧人的儉樸生活方式讓 Cole 印象深刻，他因此決定戒酒。
collocation: abstemious lifestyle
Haruto kept to an abstemious diet, drinking only water and eating plain rice and beans.
Haruto 堅守節制的飲食，只喝水，吃簡單的白飯和豆類。
collocation: abstemious diet (food/drink context)
Ingrid's abstemious attitude toward food surprised her friends at every dinner party.
Ingrid 對食物的克制態度每次晚餐聚會都讓朋友們感到驚訝。
- abstemious diet
- abstemious lifestyle
- abstemious habits
- abstemious person
- abstemious life
- intemperate
opposite — lacking self-restraint, especially in eating and drinking
- indulgent
giving in freely to pleasures without restraint
用法筆記
Almost always used in the context of food and drink, rather than other kinds of pleasure. The word is quite formal and more common in written English than in everyday conversation.
常見錯誤
同根字
- abstemiously副詞C2
- abstemiousness名詞C2