| 词汇 | immoderate |
| 释义 | immoderate adjective formaluk /ɪˈmɒd.ər.ət/ us /ɪˈmɑː.dɚ.ət/ too much or many, or more than is usual or reasonable: 过度的；不合理的；极端的 immoderate drinking无节制的饮酒 immoderate demands过分的要求 Opposites moderate restrained temperate Too much and unnecessary ado be up to your neck (in something)idiom bellyful binge carry/take coals to Newcastleidiom drown gush heavy-handed hyper immoderately inappeasable inessential infest plenty pleonasm pleonastic plethora proliferation unwarranted weigh someone/something down Related wordimmoderately Examples of immoderateimmoderate The politics of full presence is rendered impossible by problems of sheer size and immoderate diversity. That is the animal instinct that is found in every human being and which lures people's body and mind to immoderate search for worldly pleasures. But in circumstances of immoderate diversity, that requires the physical presence of too many people for the representative assembly to remain a genuinely deliberative one. Given the immoderate atmosphere of the time, failure to cooperate with the government forces would have probably led to accusations of complicity in the rebellion. Amid all the other symptoms of this downward spiral the key problem was immoderate ambition, or hubris. Local authorities felt keenly the limitations of their resources - but saw the threat to them as being the immoderate behaviour of others. That would indeed be an immoderate conclusion. Here is a classic example of immoderate, ill-thought out and incorrect change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would not say that the terms of this letter are immoderate, but they are certainly very expressive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the light of what has been achieved, nobody can suggest that the levy was immoderate and excessive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it has immoderate and tragic consequence with which we are dealing tonight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He made no distinction between the moderates and the immoderates, the sensible and the foolish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not a case about which anyone ought to use immoderate language. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is this not really a very immoderate and unnecessary imposition in our present economic trials? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It will protect them from attack, and also constrain immoderate attacks by some of them, which is only right and proper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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