資料來源 : pyDict

緩和,適度,溫和

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Moderation \Mod`er*a"tion\, n. [L. moderatio: cf. F.
   mod['e]ration.]
   1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.

   2. The state or quality of being mmoderate.

            In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories
            call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory.       --Pope.

   3. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as, to bear adversity with
      moderation.

            The calm and judicious moderation of Orange.
                                                  --Motley.

   4. pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the
      University of Oxford; -- usually contracted to {mods}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

moderation
     n 1: quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes [syn: {moderateness}]
          [ant: {immoderation}]
     2: a change for the better [syn: {easing}, {relief}]
     3: the trait of avoiding excesses [syn: {temperance}] [ant: {intemperance}]
     4: the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the
        object being control or moderation of economic
        depressions"