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."
实用例句
1. The temperance league wanted to close all the saloons in town.
禁酒联合会要关闭镇上所有的酒吧.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The temperance [ dry ; anti - alcohol ] movement revived in the city.
这个城市的 禁酒 运动又活跃起来了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. Temperance is the best physic.
节欲是最好的药品.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The old man preached temperance to young people.
那位老人劝年轻人戒酒.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. Maybe ALL the Temperance Taverns have got a ha'nted room, hey, Huck? "
