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

• 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。
• 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。
• He was immediately led from the arena, and was warmly rebuked for his intemperate haste.
  他立刻被带出场，由于他暴烈性子他受到狠狠的训斥。
• His intemperate remarks got him into trouble.
  他言语肆无忌惮，惹出了是非。
• 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。
• Ephesus had learnt to substitute the Virgin for Artemis, but had still the same intemperate zeal for its goddess as in the time of Saint Paul.
  以弗所人虽已学会以童贞女马利亚代替阿尔蒂米斯女神，但他们对阿尔蒂米斯仍然持有和在圣保罗时代同样强烈感情。
• 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。
• 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。
• Intemperate in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute.
  放荡的，浪荡的无节制地追寻欢乐；
• 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。