moderately
moderate
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈmɒd.ər.ət/ us /ˈmɑː.dɚ.ət/
a person whose opinions, especially their political ones, are not extreme and are therefore acceptable to a large number of people: （尤指政见）温和派，稳健派
He is well-known as a moderate in the party.他是这一党派中出名的温和派。
The prime minister is looking towards the moderates for support.
She has always been known as a moderate.
He is a moderate when it comes to foreign policy.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Politics - general words
anti-capitalism
anti-capitalist
anti-communism
anti-communist
anti-fascism
interparty
interpellate
interpellation
interventionist
lab
Orwellian
overstep
parliament
party politics
personality cult
statesman
statesmanlike
stateswoman
subsidiarity
super-conservative
moderate
verb[ T or I ]
uk /ˈmɒd.ər.eɪt/ us /ˈmɑː.də.reɪt/

moderateverb[T or I] (MAKE LESS)

C2
to (cause to) become less in size, strength, or force; to reduce something: （使）缓和；（使）适中；减轻，减弱；节制
The president may have to moderate his stance on tax cuts.总统可能被迫在消减税收方面缓和自己的立场。
Weather conditions have moderated, making a rescue attempt possible.天气条件转好，使实施营救成为可能。

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Becoming and making smaller or less
abridgment
attenuate
attenuated
attenuating
attenuation
compress
contraction
dwindle
dwindling
ease
ease someone's mindidiom
ease up/off
halve
reduce
reducible
reduction
resize
retreat
trough
tumble

moderateverb[T or I] (KEEP STANDARDS)

education UKspecialized
to make certain that all the people marking an examination use the same standards: 审核评分（以确保不同阅卷人的评分标准是一致的）
The marked scripts are sent away to be moderated.批改后的考卷被送去审核评分。
We moderate to ensure fairness in marking.
to make certain that the rules of an internet discussion are not broken, for example by removing any threatening or offensive messages:
The entire message board is moderated to ensure that only genuine stock market discussions are featured.
The broadcaster has vowed to moderate more strictly on its social media pages.
mainly US
to make certain that a formal discussion happens without problems and follows the rules:
They asked him to moderate the debate.
The encounter took place with both men seated at a table, with PBS's Gwen Ifill moderating .

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Marks & results
2:1
2:2
B, b
C, c
class
continuous assessment
formatively
GPA
grade boundary
grade-point average
honor student
pass
positive
positivity
S, s
second class
straight As
straight-A
summative
third

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moderate | American Dictionary

moderate
adjective
us/ˈmɑd·ər·ɪt/

moderateadjective (MEDIUM)

being within a middle range in size, amount, or degree; neither great nor little:
The rent has gone up over the years, but in moderate amounts.
The company was of moderate size, with about 50 employees.

moderateadjective (SOME)

some, but not as much or as great as desired:
There has been moderate improvement in her health since she began the treatment.

moderateadjective (NOT EXTREME)

(of opinions) not extreme:
When she was young she was a radical, but her political views have become more moderate as she has gotten older.

moderate

noun[ C ]us/ˈmɑd·ər·ɪt/
Of the seven members of the committee, five were political moderates.

moderation

noun[ U ]us/ˌmɑd·əˈreɪ·ʃən/
My doctor advised me to eat anything I want as long as it’s in moderation.
moderate
verb[ I/T ]
us/ˈmɑd·əˌreɪt/

moderateverb[I/T] (LOSE STRENGTH)

to lose strength or force, or to make something less strong:
[ I ]The weather prediction is for strong winds, moderating by evening.

moderateverb[I/T] (MANAGE)

to manage a public discussion:
[ I/T ]The local TV anchorman is going to moderate (the debate).

moderate | Business English

moderate
adjective
uk /ˈmɒdərət/us
not very small or large but between the two:
moderate growth/inflation/increaseModerate growth last year was enough to raise a profit.
moderate gains/lossesInvestors saw moderate gains on Wall Street overnight.
People on low and moderate incomes spend proportionately much more on housing.
They split investments between high-yielding bonds and those of more moderate risk.
not extreme:
comparatively/relatively moderateTemporary lay-offs are a relatively moderate action when you consider that elsewhere whole factories have been shut.
Conservatives are suspicious of the Senator's moderate views.
moderate
verb[ I or T ]
uk /ˈmɒdəreɪt/us
to become smaller or less, or to make something do this:
Oil prices are expected to moderate.
In the short term a rising currency helps to moderate inflation.
to become less extreme, or to make something do this:
His views on some social issues had moderated over time.
There have been repeated calls for the director to moderate his plans for layoffs.

Examples of moderate

moderate
Only six of twenty-eight tests indicate that the impact of party control is moderated by competitive pressures.
Data on marital/partner status, depression, and hypothesized moderating factors were available on women (n=8264), assessed on two occasions approximately 12 months apart.
If operational definitions of recovery are associated with predictive, moderating and mediating variables - such as neurocognition - various directions of empirical research could be opened.
Further attention should be directed to the role individual and institutional characteristics play in moderating campaign effects.
While ' craft ' was a foil for ' conscience ', virtue and liberty were complemented by - indeed, unattainable without - true religion, which moderated the passions.
However, the group posited as most desiring of divided government, ideological moderates, should not care about pre-existing partisan control of government.
A detailed analysis of the moderates' response helps us to expand our understanding of the civil rights movement.
The moderates as a group were aware that they could be swamped.
Where the moderates coaxed, appeased and conciliated, the radicals preferred to cajole, to threaten and to force.
Investigating the precise role of electoral competitiveness in mediating or moderating the relationship between electoral systems and real price levels promises considerable gains.
The theoretical hook of the article is that the effect of political change on relative stock prices depends upon the moderating effect of political institutions.
Overall support for the theory must be moderated by the limited number of observations.
In these analyses, we found only weak evidence that the effects were moderated by exposure to a depressed parent.
What is sur pr ising is that neither of these conditions is as effective as teaching students about moderating var iables.
The moderating influence of service use on negative caregiving consequences.
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