| 词汇 | abstemious |
| 释义 | abstemious adjective formaluk /æbˈstiː.mi.əs/ us /æbˈstiː.mi.əs/ not doing things that give you pleasure, especially not eating good food or drinking alcohol（尤指对美食或饮酒）有节制的；戒绝的 Abstaining and refraining abstain abstain from something abstainer abstemiously abstention cut disengagement fast forbear forbearance give up hors de combat pull pull back step step back stop stop short of somethingidiom touch truck Related wordabstemiously He was sober and abstemious in his food, and simple to an extreme in his garments. His life was as abstemious and regular as his means were small. It is acknowledged even by his enemies, that in regard to wine, he was abstemious. One object that I had in view in adopting my abstemious way of life was to save a little money to buy books. Though compactly built, he was generally spare and wasted from incessant studies, hard labor, and an abstemious life. Examples of abstemiousabstemious His choice of breakfast foods became more abstemious and of wine more that of an oenophile. I am not concerned here either to work out a complete view of what law must necessarily do or to defend my abstemious suggestions. That set of claims about what law necessarily does strikes me, incidentally, as ver y abstemious. The considerable lower divorce risks experienced by moderate drinkers (as compared with their more abstemious counterparts) are apparent only at higher marriage durations. Territorials are, of course, extremely abstemious people, but after a spell in the drill hall they sometimes like to have a pint of beer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no point in being abstemious if one is going to lose badly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can drink a bottle of light wine to one glass of port and it is more abstemious to drink port in those circumstances. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe the people of my country are as sober and abstemious as the people of any other country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Judged on any international comparison, whether in relation to spirits, wines or beer, we are still a relatively abstemious nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To add insult to injury, the sums of money these people have been paying themselves make the directors of our national utilities look positively abstemious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have been extraordinarily abstemious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were very abstemious—teetotallers and non-smokers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This was partly possible because of his abstemious habits, eschewing both tobacco and strong drink. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The pair's increasingly erratic behavior distressed their more abstemious father, and the worry weakened him. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In his habits he was very active and extremely abstemious, eating little and drinking nothing but water, customs to which he attributed his good health. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of abstemious 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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