【abstemious】 - A-level备考词汇

abstemious

UK:  [əb'stiːmiəs]

US:  [əb'stimiəs]

adj.

1.有节制的,饮食有度的

2.有节制的;少量的

3.节俭的

1 . But this man of the cloth would not abridge sermons calling on his abstemious parishioners to also abrogate human bondage.
但是，这位牧师不会缩短他的布道，它是用来号召他的有节制的教区居民放弃人类的枷锁的啊。

2 . But she did get more exercised when her normally abstemious(1) daughter, Queen Elizabeth, once asked for a second glass of wine at lunch.
但是，当一贯节制的女儿女王伊丽莎白在午餐中要第二杯葡萄酒的时候，她就积极多了。

3 . Already someone trying to live well would seem eccentrically abstemious in most of the US.
在美国大部分地方，那些尝试过简朴生活的人，已经看起来象怪物了。

4 . But if stricter Asians were the explanation, northern cities like Bradford would also be abstemious. They are not always.
可是如果自律严格的亚洲人是解释的话，像布拉德福德这样的城市也应该如此，然而事实并不总是这样的。

5 . Profligacy: extravagance is not an asset in these straitened times. You want a cost-conscious, abstemious colleague who leads by example.
肆意挥霍：大手大脚在资金紧缺的当下可不是个优点。你需要一位能以身作则地注意成本控制、有节制的合作伙伴。