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ab·ste·mi·ous /əbˈstiːmiəs/ adjective formal NOT HAVEcareful not to have too much food, drink etc 〔饮食等〕有节制的 —abstemiousness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusabstemious• The T'ang was usually abstemious, but tonight his mood seemed different.• Ken, meanwhile, was living a more abstemious existence on stage.• But such people are abstemious in many other ways, e.g. they do not drink tea.• I try to be a reasonably abstemious individual.• Archibald is moved by the inappropriateness of the gift; he is known as the most abstemious man around.• Gallstones he'd had and, though an abstemious man, gout.• In some ways, Livesey seems to have led an abstemious, not to say ascetic life.Origin abstemious (1600-1700) Latin abstemius, from abs- “away” + temetum “strong drink”ab·ste·mi·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable have etc not food, much careful too drink Corpus to |