abstemious: 节制的, moderate in eating and drinking; temperate
1) moderate in eating and drinking; temperate
2) marked by restraint especially in the consumption of food or alcohol; also reflecting such restraint
3) sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
4) restrained, especially with food and alcohol
5) sparing in use of food or drinks
6) sparing in consumption of especially food and drink
If we become stranded in the snow storm, we will have to be abstemious with our food supply.
In many abstemious cultures the people are so thin due to the belief that too much taken into the body leads to contamination of the soul.
【考法1】 adj. 有节制的,节俭的: marked by restraint especially in the consumption of food or alcohol, sparring
【例】 an abstemious diet 有节制的饮食, abstemious meals 节俭的晚餐
【近】 continent, temperate, self-abnegating, self-denying
【反】 indulgent 放纵的
abstemious : gorge
abstemious : indulge
abstemious voracious, indulgent, gluttonous
Since she began to do yoga, she has also been abstemious with both alcohol and junk food.
Synonyms: frugal, moderate, restrained, temperate, sober ts r
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