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Temperate has two related meanings. For weather, a temperate climate is mild — not too hot in summer, not too cold in winter, without extreme storms. For a person's character, temperate means self-controlled and moderate, especially about food, drink, or emotions — not going to extremes.
（氣候）溫和的；（性情）節制的、克制的
組成From Latin temperare, meaning to mix in the right amounts, or to moderate.
同家族的字
- temperatureshares the Latin root temperare
- tempershares the same Latin root, originally about the right balance or mixture
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
temperateadj/ˈtɛmpəɹət/
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Moderate; not excessive.
- temperate heat
- He has a temperate demeanour
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Moderate; not excessive.
- These trees can only grow in temperate climates.
- Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow falls over us all.
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Moderate; not excessive.
- temperate in eating and drinking.
- August 9, 1768, Benjamin Franklin, To John Alleyne, Esq. On Early Marriages Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
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Proceeding from temperance.
- The temperate sleeps, and spirits light as air.
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Dependent on life in a temperate climate.
- temperate fishes
temperateverb/ˈtɛmpəɹət/
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obsoleteTo render temperate; to moderate
- It inflames temperance, and temp'rates wrath.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。