Moderate

(verb.) make less fast or intense; 'moderate your speed'.

(verb.) preside over; 'John moderated the discussion'.

(adj.) not extreme; 'a moderate penalty'; 'temperate in his response to criticism' .

(adj.) being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; 'moderate prices'; 'a moderate income'; 'a moderate fine'; 'moderate demands'; 'a moderate estimate'; 'a moderate eater'; 'moderate success'; 'a kitchen of moderate size'; 'the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart' .

(adj.) marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; 'moderate in his demands'; 'restrained in his response' .

录入:诺兰

• How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, her expressions more moderate! 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• This expense, however, it must be acknowledged, is more moderate in Great Britain than in most other countries. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• The broad problem which he set himself was to provide handsome and practically indestructible detached houses, which could be taken by wage-earners at very moderate monthly rentals. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The only course is to try by all means, direct and indirect, to moderate and vary his occupations. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• They said they were elegant and very moderate in price. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In the matter of slavery; all nations had slaves; some treated them very cruelly, some with moderate cruelty. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• On a moderate computation, it was many months, that Sunday, since I had left Joe and Biddy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Such was the home which was to put Mansfield out of her head, and teach her to think of her cousin Edmund with moderated feelings. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• A wheel of great weight was hung upon a shaft which was connected to the piston, and which weight absorbed the force suddenly developed by the explosion, and so moderated the speed. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I answered, moderating them again as I had moderated them once already. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He needed to recover the full sense that he was in the right by moderating his words. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She seems to possess the power of moderating or increasing the light at will. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I answered, moderating them again as I had moderated them once already. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

编辑:西娅