mid-14c., "self-restraint, moderation," from Anglo-French temperaunce (mid-13c.), from Latin temperantia "moderation, sobriety, discretion, self-control," from temperans, present participle of temperare "to moderate" (see temper (v.)). Latin temperantia was used by Cicero to translate Greek sophrosyne "moderation." In English, temperance was used to render Latin continentia or abstinentia, specifically in reference to drinking alcohol and eating; hence by early 1800s it had come to mean "abstinence from alcoholic drink."
雙語例句
1. The temperance league wanted to close all the saloons in town.
禁酒聯(lián)合會(huì)要關(guān)閉鎮(zhèn)上所有的酒吧.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The temperance [ dry ; anti - alcohol ] movement revived in the city.
這個(gè)城市的 禁酒 運(yùn)動(dòng)又活躍起來了.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. Temperance is the best physic.
節(jié)欲是最好的藥品.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The old man preached temperance to young people.
那位老人勸年輕人戒酒.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Maybe ALL the Temperance Taverns have got a ha'nted room, hey, Huck? "