資料來源 : pyDict
不節制的,過度的,飲酒過度的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Intemperate \In*tem`per*ate\, v. t.
To disorder. [Obs.]
Intemperate \In*tem`per*ate\, a. [L. intemperatus. See {In-}
not, and {Temperate}.]
1. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to
enjoyments or exertion.
2. Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of
alcoholic liquors.
3. Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate;
as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather.
Most do taste through fond intemperate thirst.
--Milton.
Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing. --Ecclus.
xxiii. 13.
資料來源 : WordNet®
intemperate
adj 1: (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an
intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones" [ant: {temperate}]
2: excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage" [ant: {temperate}]
3: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially
for intoxicating liquors