"characterized by excessive indulgence in a passion or appetite," late 14c., from Latin intemperatus "untempered, inclement, immoderate," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + temperantia (see temperance). Related: Intemperately.
权威例句
1. The tone of the article is intemperate.
文章的语气过激了。
2. Many people felt threatened by Arther's forceful, sometimes intemperate style.
很多人都觉得阿瑟的强硬的 、 有时过激的作风咄咄逼人.
3. The style was hurried, the tone intemperate.
匆促的笔调, 放纵的语气.
4. He was immediately led from the arena, and was warmly rebuked for his intemperate haste.
他立刻被带出场, 由于他暴烈性子他受到狠狠的训斥.
5. I wrote a decidedly intemperate journal entry on Byron's thunderbolt visit and its miserable outcome.