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®
mods
n : a youth subculture that began in London in the early 1960s;
a working-class movement with highly stylized dress and
short hair; listened to rhythm and blues music and
travelled on motor scooters