temperance

n.

节制（尤指饮食），节欲；戒酒；

1. Temperance is the best physic.
   节欲是灵丹妙药。
2. 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。
3. In the temperance question, Mr White takes his stand on total abstinence.
   在戒酒问题上，怀特先生是主张完全戒掉。
4. Temperance is the greatest of virtues.
   自我节制是最大的美德。
5. The patient had to practice temperance in eating and drinking.
   这个病人不得不节制饮食。

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Woman's World, Woman's Empire: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in International Perspective, 1880-1930
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