Definition of moderate in English:

moderate

adjective ˈmɒd(ə)rətˈmɑd(ə)rət

1Average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.
中等的，普通的，一般的；平庸的
we walked at a moderate pace
我们走得不快不慢。
Example sentencesExamples
- You know, when we're giggling with the moderate amount of English that she knows.
- I expected a moderate amount, but it's quite scary.
- A moderate climate produces an average winter temperature of 50 degrees, while the summer average is 82.4 degrees.
- On a moderate level of intensity, such feelings would amount to what is usually categorized as cheerfulness.
- It really doesn't matter what type of exercise, if it is done at moderate intensity for as long as possible, and is built up gradually.
- Health experts suggest a diet rich in green vegetables full of antioxidants, beans which contain healthy fats and a moderate amount of wine.
- The fourth is that they exercise not a bit but a lot - ie they have about 60-90 minutes of moderate intensity exercise every day.
- Current research suggests that 30 minutes of moderate intensity activity almost everyday is enough to improve health.
- Research by the Department of Transport suggests that talking on a mobile while driving affects a driver in a similar way to drinking a moderate amount of alcohol.
- The trail, just off the leeward highway, is not difficult, though there are a few steep areas requiring a moderate degree of fitness.
- Time how many jumps you can perform at a moderate pace in 30 seconds.
- Let it be said, however, that I'm all in favour of those things that keep us looking and feeling our youthful best, including moderate amounts of plastic surgery.
- Some of the vices he recommended to the elderly include the use - in moderate amounts - of alcohol, tobacco and bromides to relieve insomnia.
- Though the calorific value of fructose was the same as that of sucrose or glucose, it was preferable to consume it only in moderate amounts.
- Although it prefers no frost, it will tolerate a moderate amount of it.
- The marginal zone cells were medium-sized and contained a moderate amount of cytoplasm.
- Some of these second-wave acts achieved a moderate degree of success and most were assured at least of a long career on the standup circuit.
- They basically got away with what they could at the time (which wasn't much) and found a moderate amount of success.
- But, you know, it is healthy to get moderate amounts of sunlight.
- Drivers caught breaking the speed limit by moderate amounts would get two, instead of three, points on their licence under the Road Safety Bill being debated by MPs.
Synonyms
average, modest, medium, middling, ordinary, common, commonplace, everyday, workaday
tolerable, passable, adequate, fair, decent
mediocre, indifferent, uninspired, undistinguished, unexceptional, unexciting, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, lacklustre, forgettable, inferior, second-rate
informal OK, so-so, bog-standard, fair-to-middling, (plain) vanilla, nothing to write home about, no great shakes, not so hot, not up to much
New Zealand informal half-pie
reasonable, within reason, acceptable, non-excessive, within due limits
inexpensive, low, cheap, bargain-basement, fair, modest
abstemious, temperate, restrained
restrained, controlled, temperate, sober, steady, regular, not given to excesses
easy, even, mild, tolerant, lenient
1. 1.1 (of a person, party, or policy) not radical or excessively right- or left-wing.
  （人，党派，政策）非激进的；稳健的
  a moderate reform programme
  一项稳健的改革方案。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The new moderate policy reckoned without the ambitions of the poorest peasants and the zeal of local Party cadres.
  They had to put forward a moderate policy platform that nevertheless differed them from the Liberals.
  The Democrats will never succeed as either a liberal party or a moderate party.
  Throughout the process, those loyal to its moderate policies fought for the survival of their party.
  A new moderate party comes onto the political scene.
  He was the target of years of bitter denunciation, even revulsion, from the left over his moderate policies, but subsequent events demonstrated he was right and they were wrong.
  Once upon a time, this was a very moderate party.
  The aim was always to hollow out the more moderate party and supplant it.
  He, along with other pragmatists, feared that it could split his party into moderate and radical factions and undermine its ability to govern.
  In other words, people voted for the extremist parties because the moderate parties were too extremist.
  In general, however, the tone of the party was moderate.
  Any extremist attempts at violence would overwhelmingly consolidate support for a moderate policy.
  He turned Labour into a moderate party which accepted Thatcher's economic settlement but combined it with state-sponsored policies of social cohesion.
  His moderate policies, his personal charm, and his touch at expressing popular opinion were all heightened by the weakness of the leadership of his Conservative rivals.
  In one 12-hour period, assassination attempts were mounted on as many as five politicians from a moderate party.
  Its front bench has a younger profile, and with its policies not very far from those of the current government, it will find little ideological problems with the moderate policies now favoured by Labour.
  Will the press buy the notion of putting out these more moderate faces in the spotlight means that it's a more moderate party?
  Australia has a new and rising political party with moderate policies which is headed by a black woman.
  What factors explain these moderate policies toward ethnic minorities?
  That's key, that's what a lot of moderate lawmakers in both parties want to hear.
  Synonyms
  dispassionate, non-extreme, middle-of-the-road, non-radical, non-reactionary, open to reason, equitable, impartial

noun ˈmɒd(ə)rətˈmɑd(ə)rət

A person who holds moderate views, especially in politics.
（尤指政治上）持温和观点者
an unlikely alliance of radicals and moderates
Example sentencesExamples
- Now five conservatives square off against two moderates and three Democrats.
- These salient aspects made the plan irreconcilable with the views of the moderates.
- He needs to appeal to moderates and conservatives.
- His greatest concern was that the Republicans would prove so reactionary that they would transform Democratic moderates and liberals into radicals and extremists.
- It is no coincidence that Fascists are more likely to transform into Marxists than to political moderates, or the other way around.
- The problem with abandoning the bridge-building moderates is that the Democrats really don't represent half of the nation - or at least, not the voting nation.
- Given the nature of the Greens and their issues, they typically demonstrate the best potential for harvesting votes in the districts already held by liberal Democrats or conscientious moderates.
- He's energizing his opponents and driving away moderates in droves because he is a right wing ideologue who refuses to make even the slightest concession to achieve consensus.
- And they've got to start listening to their moderates and working with Democrats in a bipartisan way to get things done for the American people.
- The Risorgimento was made into Italy's founding myth, its narrative carefully doctored to hide the bitter rifts that had in reality separated the moderates and the democrats.
- Republicans have used the culture wars to divide liberals and moderates for decades, and we need issues of our own that divide conservatives and moderates.
- Politically he was different both from the moderates, who believed in constitutional methods, and from extremists or terrorists, who were willing to resort to violence.
- He works with Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and moderates and liberals, to do what he thinks is best for the country.
- The rest of the time Democrats have governed only by appealing to moderates as well as liberals.
- You few, final remaining Democrats, moderates, greens and libertarians really need to get onboard the bandwagon.
- Conservatives, moderates, and progressives who value democracy - and we need all of them - need to embed their partisanship into this long, long-term effort.
- The administration could strike an agreement with Democrats and with moderates certainly, in a Republican party, if they would revisit taxes as part of a physical discipline program.
- Liberals and moderates in the Democratic Party have a lot to learn from each other.
- If Democrats and Republican moderates can stand against full repeal, they also need to stand against a bad compromise.
- No wonder there are so few moderates left in American politics.

verb ˈmɒdəreɪtˈmɑdəˌreɪt

1Make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent.
（使）变和缓；减轻，减弱；（使）变温和
with object I shall not moderate my criticism
我不会减弱我的批评。
no object the weather has moderated considerably
天气已经好多了。
Example sentencesExamples
- Since Anchorage is located at the end of a long inlet, the yearly temperatures, moderated by the influence of ocean currents, are considerably milder than in the interior of Alaska.
- As soon as the weather moderated, the four men at Cape Evans climbed the cliffs behind their camp and scanned the sea for any signs of the ship.
- In 1991, American foreign policy was moderated by the shadow of a previous over-reaction in Vietnam.
- Certainly, he said, prices had moderated considerably and the units now coming on stream were at affordable levels.
- The climate is continental although the Black Sea influence helps to moderate winter temperatures in Dobrudja by the coast.
- Forests play a key role in moderating the climate, regulating water systems, preventing erosion, alleviating air pollution, and providing wildlife habitat.
- It seems that she is moderating her tone, at least a hair.
- The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled.
- Thankfully, however, that won't ever happen, because we have the Gulf Stream to moderate the weather in the UK, so that our winters don't get too cold and our summers don't get too hot.
- However, it would be an enormous mistake to believe that the anti-social attacks have been thwarted and a new government will adapt to the voters' verdict by moderating its policies.
- Our strategy was to use thermal mass to moderate temperature extremes.
- Although we are lucky and have some clouds today to moderate the intense desert heat, we shelter in the shade of the lorry for several hours before continuing.
- These form a thermal mass that moderates the extremes in temperature fluctuations.
- Mr. Speaker Sir, the rates of excise duty have now been considerably moderated.
- Inside, such wood was used for louvered window coverings, which helped to control incoming sunlight and to moderate ambient temperature.
- Most notably, the Pueblo Indians in the Southwest used adobe masonry to moderate weather extremes and keep their homes comfortable.
- The policy was moderated after 1977 to allow some private investment, and largely abandoned after 1987.
- The flavors are moderated, the heat lessened, the ingredients changed.
- Since those long lost days my beer intake has, shall we say, moderated.
- Original walls over 2m thick and deeply recessed small windows moderate internal temperatures.
Synonyms
die down, abate, let up, calm down, lessen, grow less, decrease, diminish, slacken
ebb, recede, dwindle, weaken, subside
curb, control, check, keep in check, keep under control, hold in, temper, regulate, restrain, restrict, subdue
still, damp, repress, tame, break, lessen, deaden, decrease, lower, reduce, diminish, remit, mitigate, alleviate, allay, appease, assuage, ease, palliate, soothe, soften, calm, modulate, pacify, mellow, mince, tone down
2British with object Review (examination papers, results, or candidates) in relation to an agreed standard so as to ensure consistency of marking.
审核（试卷，结果，候选人员）
the dependability of an examining system rests on those who set, moderate, and mark the papers
3with object (in academic and ecclesiastical contexts) preside over (a deliberative body) or at (a debate)
（学术和宗教场合用语）主管（审议机构）；主持（辩论等）
a panel moderated by a Harvard University law professor
由一位哈佛大学法学教授主持的专题小组。
Example sentencesExamples
- In any case, it is clear from his comments when moderating the debate that he picked up many compromise views at his seminary.
- You know, you remember, because you moderated a debate that we had during the primaries…
- On one hand, the debates are moderated and hosted by private persons and organizations, and they also choose the questions to be asked.
- Now for our next week's e-mail question of the week - if you were moderating the presidential debates, what would you like to ask each candidate?
- Further, the leader moderates debates that may occur, sets the pace for discussion, and provides space for all class members to contribute.
- I moderated the debate in South Carolina that night.
- This makes moderating a debate almost as complicated as doing your taxes or buying a house.
- As most of you know, I am often found at comic conventions moderating panels and interviewing the great and near-great.
- After a half-hour or so, I had to go off and moderate a panel so I excused myself.
- I received many similar responses after I moderated the vice presidential debates in 2004.
- You moderated a debate with these candidates.
- Apart from the fact that they think I moderated four panels there, it's a good report.
- Plus this time I have the added excitement of moderating my first panel.
- Meanwhile, he has offered to come to Minneapolis on Saturday to moderate a debate.
- Because you write in the book, about the time I moderated the South Carolina debate with your son, and how you could not watch.
- I was invited to moderate a panel on best-rate guarantees and the role of such guarantees.
- Four days before the primary there, I moderated a debate with the Republican White House hopefuls.
- My only commitment for the weekend is moderating a panel on microcontent on Tuesday.
- Not surprisingly, a lively discussion, moderated by the president, ensued.
- I don't see moderating a debate as a journalism function in a pure way.
Synonyms
chair, take the chair of, preside over
arbitrate, mediate, referee, judge
1. 3.1no object (especially in the Presbyterian Church in Scotland) act as a moderator; preside.
  （尤指苏格兰长老会）主持，主管；做主持人
  it is the Presbytery that moderates
  Example sentencesExamples
  The position of interviewer is the one with the authority to moderate, the emcee of the event.
  He tried to moderate, but seemed a bit distracted, quoting interviews more than asking questions.
4Monitor (an Internet forum or online discussion) for inappropriate or offensive content.
Example sentencesExamples
- Chat rooms can be harmless fun when moderated - monitored by a responsible adult.
- However the follow up messages show that the audio specialist has failed to properly moderate the contents of messages going onto the list, unthinkingly forwarding everything it receives.
- All they are doing is forcing users to go elsewhere, potentially to non moderated chat rooms with little or no protection.
- The membership also supported the Institute's hosting of a website chat room, but members were pretty evenly divided as to whether it should be moderated.
- For example, you can write a bit about yourself or your Weblog or indicate that comments are to be moderated by default.
- All of these sites were moderated, from a minimum of removing offensive language to more draconian exclusion of party political comment, though moderation does not imply monitoring for content.
- Police also raided the houses of 30 volunteers who helped moderate the site.
- In addition, the association's executive director moderated an Internet chatroom for children.
- Chat rooms available to under 18s will also be moderated to prevent misuse by paedophiles.
- Plus the internet rule ‘don't feed the trolls’ applies as much as on blogs as usenets, so we moderate the comments and have good systems for dealing with that rapidly.
- The exception to this rule would be moderated newsgroups, but they're a relatively small part of Usenet as a whole.
- We do not have the time or resources to constantly monitor or moderate the comments sections, and so may be unaware of illegal or potentially libellous material posted there.
- To moderate a newsgroup you have to get involved several times a day, or it becomes too impractical to have conversations.
- The government could say it wanted all chatrooms to be moderated, but it doesn't govern the entire world.
- Finally, the chair offered to let me return to posting on the condition that he could moderate the ‘content’ of my posts, not their frequency.
- Alas, while such moderated discussions filter out the crazies, they add expense.
5Physics
with object Retard (neutrons) with a moderator.
〔物理〕使（中子）减速
the neutrons causing fission are not moderated but react at high energies
Example sentencesExamples
- Certainly, counterions might moderate the electrostatic interactions.
- Some researchers have also suggested changes to Einstein's general theory of relativity, such as a new long-range force that moderates the strength of gravity.
- It is then extracted from the ring and smashed into a mercury target to produce neutron beams that can be moderated and guided into designated experimental stations.
- The detection of hydrogen is based both on the intensity of gamma rays emitted by hydrogen, and by the intensity of neutrons that are moderated by hydrogen.
- Dysprosium alloys are also used in control rods used to moderate the flow of neutrons through a nuclear reactor.

Derivatives

moderateness

noun

The arc of this group's path in America has been one from zealousness to bland, corporate moderateness.
Example sentencesExamples
- A large part of his credibility comes from his seeming moderateness in form and presentation.
- The party had cultivated an image of moderateness, and had been unwilling or unable to have an effective negative element to its campaign.
- As the election gets closer, he is going to have to prove his moderateness to appeal to on-the-fence independents.

moderatism

noun ˈmɒd(ə)rətɪz(ə)m

On the Political spectrum scale, that intentionally skews towards moderatism, I scored 9 out of 10 in fiscal freedom and 7 out of 10 in social freedom.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's an incredibly humane, kind film, and it reminds you that being humane and kind will always lead to radicalism, never to moderatism.
- In such a case, the moderatism seems perfectly natural, which is exactly the goal.
- Yet, by that time the Revolution had taken a different path and the forces of ‘moderatism’ became too strong.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin moderat- 'reduced, controlled', from the verb moderare; related to modest.

Rhymes

immoderate

Definition of moderate in US English:

moderate

adjectiveˈmɑd(ə)rətˈmäd(ə)rət

1Average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree.
中等的，普通的，一般的；平庸的
we walked at a moderate pace
我们走得不快不慢。
Example sentencesExamples
- Time how many jumps you can perform at a moderate pace in 30 seconds.
- The trail, just off the leeward highway, is not difficult, though there are a few steep areas requiring a moderate degree of fitness.
- Research by the Department of Transport suggests that talking on a mobile while driving affects a driver in a similar way to drinking a moderate amount of alcohol.
- Health experts suggest a diet rich in green vegetables full of antioxidants, beans which contain healthy fats and a moderate amount of wine.
- But, you know, it is healthy to get moderate amounts of sunlight.
- They basically got away with what they could at the time (which wasn't much) and found a moderate amount of success.
- Current research suggests that 30 minutes of moderate intensity activity almost everyday is enough to improve health.
- Some of the vices he recommended to the elderly include the use - in moderate amounts - of alcohol, tobacco and bromides to relieve insomnia.
- The marginal zone cells were medium-sized and contained a moderate amount of cytoplasm.
- Although it prefers no frost, it will tolerate a moderate amount of it.
- Drivers caught breaking the speed limit by moderate amounts would get two, instead of three, points on their licence under the Road Safety Bill being debated by MPs.
- Some of these second-wave acts achieved a moderate degree of success and most were assured at least of a long career on the standup circuit.
- On a moderate level of intensity, such feelings would amount to what is usually categorized as cheerfulness.
- Though the calorific value of fructose was the same as that of sucrose or glucose, it was preferable to consume it only in moderate amounts.
- Let it be said, however, that I'm all in favour of those things that keep us looking and feeling our youthful best, including moderate amounts of plastic surgery.
- A moderate climate produces an average winter temperature of 50 degrees, while the summer average is 82.4 degrees.
- It really doesn't matter what type of exercise, if it is done at moderate intensity for as long as possible, and is built up gradually.
- The fourth is that they exercise not a bit but a lot - ie they have about 60-90 minutes of moderate intensity exercise every day.
- You know, when we're giggling with the moderate amount of English that she knows.
- I expected a moderate amount, but it's quite scary.
Synonyms
average, modest, medium, middling, ordinary, common, commonplace, everyday, workaday
reasonable, within reason, acceptable, non-excessive, within due limits
restrained, controlled, temperate, sober, steady, regular, not given to excesses
1. 1.1 (of a person, party, or policy) not radical or excessively right- or left-wing.
  （人，党派，政策）非激进的；稳健的
  a moderate reform program
  一项稳健的改革方案。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He turned Labour into a moderate party which accepted Thatcher's economic settlement but combined it with state-sponsored policies of social cohesion.
  He was the target of years of bitter denunciation, even revulsion, from the left over his moderate policies, but subsequent events demonstrated he was right and they were wrong.
  What factors explain these moderate policies toward ethnic minorities?
  The aim was always to hollow out the more moderate party and supplant it.
  Its front bench has a younger profile, and with its policies not very far from those of the current government, it will find little ideological problems with the moderate policies now favoured by Labour.
  Once upon a time, this was a very moderate party.
  He, along with other pragmatists, feared that it could split his party into moderate and radical factions and undermine its ability to govern.
  They had to put forward a moderate policy platform that nevertheless differed them from the Liberals.
  Australia has a new and rising political party with moderate policies which is headed by a black woman.
  A new moderate party comes onto the political scene.
  The new moderate policy reckoned without the ambitions of the poorest peasants and the zeal of local Party cadres.
  That's key, that's what a lot of moderate lawmakers in both parties want to hear.
  Will the press buy the notion of putting out these more moderate faces in the spotlight means that it's a more moderate party?
  The Democrats will never succeed as either a liberal party or a moderate party.
  His moderate policies, his personal charm, and his touch at expressing popular opinion were all heightened by the weakness of the leadership of his Conservative rivals.
  In general, however, the tone of the party was moderate.
  Any extremist attempts at violence would overwhelmingly consolidate support for a moderate policy.
  In one 12-hour period, assassination attempts were mounted on as many as five politicians from a moderate party.
  Throughout the process, those loyal to its moderate policies fought for the survival of their party.
  In other words, people voted for the extremist parties because the moderate parties were too extremist.
  Synonyms
  dispassionate, non-extreme, middle-of-the-road, non-radical, non-reactionary, open to reason, equitable, impartial

nounˈmɑd(ə)rətˈmäd(ə)rət

A person who holds moderate views, especially in politics.
（尤指政治上）持温和观点者
Example sentencesExamples
- He needs to appeal to moderates and conservatives.
- Politically he was different both from the moderates, who believed in constitutional methods, and from extremists or terrorists, who were willing to resort to violence.
- He's energizing his opponents and driving away moderates in droves because he is a right wing ideologue who refuses to make even the slightest concession to achieve consensus.
- The Risorgimento was made into Italy's founding myth, its narrative carefully doctored to hide the bitter rifts that had in reality separated the moderates and the democrats.
- Conservatives, moderates, and progressives who value democracy - and we need all of them - need to embed their partisanship into this long, long-term effort.
- His greatest concern was that the Republicans would prove so reactionary that they would transform Democratic moderates and liberals into radicals and extremists.
- He works with Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and moderates and liberals, to do what he thinks is best for the country.
- The rest of the time Democrats have governed only by appealing to moderates as well as liberals.
- The problem with abandoning the bridge-building moderates is that the Democrats really don't represent half of the nation - or at least, not the voting nation.
- If Democrats and Republican moderates can stand against full repeal, they also need to stand against a bad compromise.
- Republicans have used the culture wars to divide liberals and moderates for decades, and we need issues of our own that divide conservatives and moderates.
- Now five conservatives square off against two moderates and three Democrats.
- Given the nature of the Greens and their issues, they typically demonstrate the best potential for harvesting votes in the districts already held by liberal Democrats or conscientious moderates.
- Liberals and moderates in the Democratic Party have a lot to learn from each other.
- These salient aspects made the plan irreconcilable with the views of the moderates.
- No wonder there are so few moderates left in American politics.
- The administration could strike an agreement with Democrats and with moderates certainly, in a Republican party, if they would revisit taxes as part of a physical discipline program.
- You few, final remaining Democrats, moderates, greens and libertarians really need to get onboard the bandwagon.
- It is no coincidence that Fascists are more likely to transform into Marxists than to political moderates, or the other way around.
- And they've got to start listening to their moderates and working with Democrats in a bipartisan way to get things done for the American people.

verbˈmɑdəˌreɪtˈmädəˌrāt

1Make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent.
（使）变和缓；减轻，减弱；（使）变温和
with object I shall not moderate my criticism
我不会减弱我的批评。
no object the weather has moderated considerably
天气已经好多了。
his moderating influence in the army was now needed more than ever
此刻更需要他在军队中所起的缓和作用。
Example sentencesExamples
- Since Anchorage is located at the end of a long inlet, the yearly temperatures, moderated by the influence of ocean currents, are considerably milder than in the interior of Alaska.
- Most notably, the Pueblo Indians in the Southwest used adobe masonry to moderate weather extremes and keep their homes comfortable.
- Although we are lucky and have some clouds today to moderate the intense desert heat, we shelter in the shade of the lorry for several hours before continuing.
- It seems that she is moderating her tone, at least a hair.
- As soon as the weather moderated, the four men at Cape Evans climbed the cliffs behind their camp and scanned the sea for any signs of the ship.
- The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled.
- In 1991, American foreign policy was moderated by the shadow of a previous over-reaction in Vietnam.
- Original walls over 2m thick and deeply recessed small windows moderate internal temperatures.
- Forests play a key role in moderating the climate, regulating water systems, preventing erosion, alleviating air pollution, and providing wildlife habitat.
- Certainly, he said, prices had moderated considerably and the units now coming on stream were at affordable levels.
- Since those long lost days my beer intake has, shall we say, moderated.
- Inside, such wood was used for louvered window coverings, which helped to control incoming sunlight and to moderate ambient temperature.
- The policy was moderated after 1977 to allow some private investment, and largely abandoned after 1987.
- These form a thermal mass that moderates the extremes in temperature fluctuations.
- Mr. Speaker Sir, the rates of excise duty have now been considerably moderated.
- The flavors are moderated, the heat lessened, the ingredients changed.
- The climate is continental although the Black Sea influence helps to moderate winter temperatures in Dobrudja by the coast.
- Thankfully, however, that won't ever happen, because we have the Gulf Stream to moderate the weather in the UK, so that our winters don't get too cold and our summers don't get too hot.
- Our strategy was to use thermal mass to moderate temperature extremes.
- However, it would be an enormous mistake to believe that the anti-social attacks have been thwarted and a new government will adapt to the voters' verdict by moderating its policies.
Synonyms
die down, abate, let up, calm down, lessen, grow less, decrease, diminish, slacken
curb, control, check, keep in check, keep under control, hold in, temper, regulate, restrain, restrict, subdue
2with object (in academic and ecclesiastical contexts) preside over (a deliberative body) or at (a debate)
（学术和宗教场合用语）主管（审议机构）；主持（辩论等）
a panel moderated by a Harvard University law professor
由一位哈佛大学法学教授主持的专题小组。
Example sentencesExamples
- I received many similar responses after I moderated the vice presidential debates in 2004.
- Meanwhile, he has offered to come to Minneapolis on Saturday to moderate a debate.
- I moderated the debate in South Carolina that night.
- Four days before the primary there, I moderated a debate with the Republican White House hopefuls.
- Not surprisingly, a lively discussion, moderated by the president, ensued.
- Because you write in the book, about the time I moderated the South Carolina debate with your son, and how you could not watch.
- As most of you know, I am often found at comic conventions moderating panels and interviewing the great and near-great.
- This makes moderating a debate almost as complicated as doing your taxes or buying a house.
- You moderated a debate with these candidates.
- My only commitment for the weekend is moderating a panel on microcontent on Tuesday.
- I was invited to moderate a panel on best-rate guarantees and the role of such guarantees.
- Further, the leader moderates debates that may occur, sets the pace for discussion, and provides space for all class members to contribute.
- I don't see moderating a debate as a journalism function in a pure way.
- After a half-hour or so, I had to go off and moderate a panel so I excused myself.
- Now for our next week's e-mail question of the week - if you were moderating the presidential debates, what would you like to ask each candidate?
- In any case, it is clear from his comments when moderating the debate that he picked up many compromise views at his seminary.
- Apart from the fact that they think I moderated four panels there, it's a good report.
- You know, you remember, because you moderated a debate that we had during the primaries…
- On one hand, the debates are moderated and hosted by private persons and organizations, and they also choose the questions to be asked.
- Plus this time I have the added excitement of moderating my first panel.
Synonyms
chair, take the chair of, preside over
1. 2.1no object Preside; act as a moderator.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He tried to moderate, but seemed a bit distracted, quoting interviews more than asking questions.
  The position of interviewer is the one with the authority to moderate, the emcee of the event.
3with object Monitor (an Internet forum or online discussion) for inappropriate or offensive content.
Example sentencesExamples
- Alas, while such moderated discussions filter out the crazies, they add expense.
- Police also raided the houses of 30 volunteers who helped moderate the site.
- Plus the internet rule ‘don't feed the trolls’ applies as much as on blogs as usenets, so we moderate the comments and have good systems for dealing with that rapidly.
- All of these sites were moderated, from a minimum of removing offensive language to more draconian exclusion of party political comment, though moderation does not imply monitoring for content.
- Chat rooms available to under 18s will also be moderated to prevent misuse by paedophiles.
- Chat rooms can be harmless fun when moderated - monitored by a responsible adult.
- In addition, the association's executive director moderated an Internet chatroom for children.
- The exception to this rule would be moderated newsgroups, but they're a relatively small part of Usenet as a whole.
- We do not have the time or resources to constantly monitor or moderate the comments sections, and so may be unaware of illegal or potentially libellous material posted there.
- For example, you can write a bit about yourself or your Weblog or indicate that comments are to be moderated by default.
- The membership also supported the Institute's hosting of a website chat room, but members were pretty evenly divided as to whether it should be moderated.
- The government could say it wanted all chatrooms to be moderated, but it doesn't govern the entire world.
- To moderate a newsgroup you have to get involved several times a day, or it becomes too impractical to have conversations.
- All they are doing is forcing users to go elsewhere, potentially to non moderated chat rooms with little or no protection.
- However the follow up messages show that the audio specialist has failed to properly moderate the contents of messages going onto the list, unthinkingly forwarding everything it receives.
- Finally, the chair offered to let me return to posting on the condition that he could moderate the ‘content’ of my posts, not their frequency.
4Physics
with object Retard (neutrons) with a moderator.
〔物理〕使（中子）减速
Example sentencesExamples
- Some researchers have also suggested changes to Einstein's general theory of relativity, such as a new long-range force that moderates the strength of gravity.
- Certainly, counterions might moderate the electrostatic interactions.
- It is then extracted from the ring and smashed into a mercury target to produce neutron beams that can be moderated and guided into designated experimental stations.
- Dysprosium alloys are also used in control rods used to moderate the flow of neutrons through a nuclear reactor.
- The detection of hydrogen is based both on the intensity of gamma rays emitted by hydrogen, and by the intensity of neutrons that are moderated by hydrogen.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin moderat- ‘reduced, controlled’, from the verb moderare; related to modest.

词汇	moderate
释义	Definition of moderate in English: moderate adjective ˈmɒd(ə)rətˈmɑd(ə)rət 1Average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree. 中等的，普通的，一般的；平庸的 we walked at a moderate pace 我们走得不快不慢。 Example sentencesExamples You know, when we're giggling with the moderate amount of English that she knows. I expected a moderate amount, but it's quite scary. A moderate climate produces an average winter temperature of 50 degrees, while the summer average is 82.4 degrees. On a moderate level of intensity, such feelings would amount to what is usually categorized as cheerfulness. It really doesn't matter what type of exercise, if it is done at moderate intensity for as long as possible, and is built up gradually. Health experts suggest a diet rich in green vegetables full of antioxidants, beans which contain healthy fats and a moderate amount of wine. The fourth is that they exercise not a bit but a lot - ie they have about 60-90 minutes of moderate intensity exercise every day. Current research suggests that 30 minutes of moderate intensity activity almost everyday is enough to improve health. Research by the Department of Transport suggests that talking on a mobile while driving affects a driver in a similar way to drinking a moderate amount of alcohol. The trail, just off the leeward highway, is not difficult, though there are a few steep areas requiring a moderate degree of fitness. Time how many jumps you can perform at a moderate pace in 30 seconds. Let it be said, however, that I'm all in favour of those things that keep us looking and feeling our youthful best, including moderate amounts of plastic surgery. Some of the vices he recommended to the elderly include the use - in moderate amounts - of alcohol, tobacco and bromides to relieve insomnia. Though the calorific value of fructose was the same as that of sucrose or glucose, it was preferable to consume it only in moderate amounts. Although it prefers no frost, it will tolerate a moderate amount of it. The marginal zone cells were medium-sized and contained a moderate amount of cytoplasm. Some of these second-wave acts achieved a moderate degree of success and most were assured at least of a long career on the standup circuit. They basically got away with what they could at the time (which wasn't much) and found a moderate amount of success. But, you know, it is healthy to get moderate amounts of sunlight. Drivers caught breaking the speed limit by moderate amounts would get two, instead of three, points on their licence under the Road Safety Bill being debated by MPs. Synonyms average, modest, medium, middling, ordinary, common, commonplace, everyday, workaday tolerable, passable, adequate, fair, decent mediocre, indifferent, uninspired, undistinguished, unexceptional, unexciting, unremarkable, run-of-the-mill, lacklustre, forgettable, inferior, second-rate informal OK, so-so, bog-standard, fair-to-middling, (plain) vanilla, nothing to write home about, no great shakes, not so hot, not up to much New Zealand informal half-pie reasonable, within reason, acceptable, non-excessive, within due limits inexpensive, low, cheap, bargain-basement, fair, modest abstemious, temperate, restrained restrained, controlled, temperate, sober, steady, regular, not given to excesses easy, even, mild, tolerant, lenient 1.1 (of a person, party, or policy) not radical or excessively right- or left-wing. （人，党派，政策）非激进的；稳健的 a moderate reform programme 一项稳健的改革方案。 Example sentencesExamples The new moderate policy reckoned without the ambitions of the poorest peasants and the zeal of local Party cadres. They had to put forward a moderate policy platform that nevertheless differed them from the Liberals. The Democrats will never succeed as either a liberal party or a moderate party. Throughout the process, those loyal to its moderate policies fought for the survival of their party. A new moderate party comes onto the political scene. He was the target of years of bitter denunciation, even revulsion, from the left over his moderate policies, but subsequent events demonstrated he was right and they were wrong. Once upon a time, this was a very moderate party. The aim was always to hollow out the more moderate party and supplant it. He, along with other pragmatists, feared that it could split his party into moderate and radical factions and undermine its ability to govern. In other words, people voted for the extremist parties because the moderate parties were too extremist. In general, however, the tone of the party was moderate. Any extremist attempts at violence would overwhelmingly consolidate support for a moderate policy. He turned Labour into a moderate party which accepted Thatcher's economic settlement but combined it with state-sponsored policies of social cohesion. His moderate policies, his personal charm, and his touch at expressing popular opinion were all heightened by the weakness of the leadership of his Conservative rivals. In one 12-hour period, assassination attempts were mounted on as many as five politicians from a moderate party. Its front bench has a younger profile, and with its policies not very far from those of the current government, it will find little ideological problems with the moderate policies now favoured by Labour. Will the press buy the notion of putting out these more moderate faces in the spotlight means that it's a more moderate party? Australia has a new and rising political party with moderate policies which is headed by a black woman. What factors explain these moderate policies toward ethnic minorities? That's key, that's what a lot of moderate lawmakers in both parties want to hear. Synonyms dispassionate, non-extreme, middle-of-the-road, non-radical, non-reactionary, open to reason, equitable, impartial noun ˈmɒd(ə)rətˈmɑd(ə)rət A person who holds moderate views, especially in politics. （尤指政治上）持温和观点者 an unlikely alliance of radicals and moderates Example sentencesExamples Now five conservatives square off against two moderates and three Democrats. These salient aspects made the plan irreconcilable with the views of the moderates. He needs to appeal to moderates and conservatives. His greatest concern was that the Republicans would prove so reactionary that they would transform Democratic moderates and liberals into radicals and extremists. It is no coincidence that Fascists are more likely to transform into Marxists than to political moderates, or the other way around. The problem with abandoning the bridge-building moderates is that the Democrats really don't represent half of the nation - or at least, not the voting nation. Given the nature of the Greens and their issues, they typically demonstrate the best potential for harvesting votes in the districts already held by liberal Democrats or conscientious moderates. He's energizing his opponents and driving away moderates in droves because he is a right wing ideologue who refuses to make even the slightest concession to achieve consensus. And they've got to start listening to their moderates and working with Democrats in a bipartisan way to get things done for the American people. The Risorgimento was made into Italy's founding myth, its narrative carefully doctored to hide the bitter rifts that had in reality separated the moderates and the democrats. Republicans have used the culture wars to divide liberals and moderates for decades, and we need issues of our own that divide conservatives and moderates. Politically he was different both from the moderates, who believed in constitutional methods, and from extremists or terrorists, who were willing to resort to violence. He works with Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and moderates and liberals, to do what he thinks is best for the country. The rest of the time Democrats have governed only by appealing to moderates as well as liberals. You few, final remaining Democrats, moderates, greens and libertarians really need to get onboard the bandwagon. Conservatives, moderates, and progressives who value democracy - and we need all of them - need to embed their partisanship into this long, long-term effort. The administration could strike an agreement with Democrats and with moderates certainly, in a Republican party, if they would revisit taxes as part of a physical discipline program. Liberals and moderates in the Democratic Party have a lot to learn from each other. If Democrats and Republican moderates can stand against full repeal, they also need to stand against a bad compromise. No wonder there are so few moderates left in American politics. verb ˈmɒdəreɪtˈmɑdəˌreɪt 1Make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent. （使）变和缓；减轻，减弱；（使）变温和 with object I shall not moderate my criticism 我不会减弱我的批评。 no object the weather has moderated considerably 天气已经好多了。 Example sentencesExamples Since Anchorage is located at the end of a long inlet, the yearly temperatures, moderated by the influence of ocean currents, are considerably milder than in the interior of Alaska. As soon as the weather moderated, the four men at Cape Evans climbed the cliffs behind their camp and scanned the sea for any signs of the ship. In 1991, American foreign policy was moderated by the shadow of a previous over-reaction in Vietnam. Certainly, he said, prices had moderated considerably and the units now coming on stream were at affordable levels. The climate is continental although the Black Sea influence helps to moderate winter temperatures in Dobrudja by the coast. Forests play a key role in moderating the climate, regulating water systems, preventing erosion, alleviating air pollution, and providing wildlife habitat. It seems that she is moderating her tone, at least a hair. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Thankfully, however, that won't ever happen, because we have the Gulf Stream to moderate the weather in the UK, so that our winters don't get too cold and our summers don't get too hot. However, it would be an enormous mistake to believe that the anti-social attacks have been thwarted and a new government will adapt to the voters' verdict by moderating its policies. Our strategy was to use thermal mass to moderate temperature extremes. Although we are lucky and have some clouds today to moderate the intense desert heat, we shelter in the shade of the lorry for several hours before continuing. These form a thermal mass that moderates the extremes in temperature fluctuations. Mr. Speaker Sir, the rates of excise duty have now been considerably moderated. Inside, such wood was used for louvered window coverings, which helped to control incoming sunlight and to moderate ambient temperature. Most notably, the Pueblo Indians in the Southwest used adobe masonry to moderate weather extremes and keep their homes comfortable. The policy was moderated after 1977 to allow some private investment, and largely abandoned after 1987. The flavors are moderated, the heat lessened, the ingredients changed. Since those long lost days my beer intake has, shall we say, moderated. Original walls over 2m thick and deeply recessed small windows moderate internal temperatures. Synonyms die down, abate, let up, calm down, lessen, grow less, decrease, diminish, slacken ebb, recede, dwindle, weaken, subside curb, control, check, keep in check, keep under control, hold in, temper, regulate, restrain, restrict, subdue still, damp, repress, tame, break, lessen, deaden, decrease, lower, reduce, diminish, remit, mitigate, alleviate, allay, appease, assuage, ease, palliate, soothe, soften, calm, modulate, pacify, mellow, mince, tone down 2British with object Review (examination papers, results, or candidates) in relation to an agreed standard so as to ensure consistency of marking. 审核（试卷，结果，候选人员） the dependability of an examining system rests on those who set, moderate, and mark the papers 3with object (in academic and ecclesiastical contexts) preside over (a deliberative body) or at (a debate) （学术和宗教场合用语）主管（审议机构）；主持（辩论等） a panel moderated by a Harvard University law professor 由一位哈佛大学法学教授主持的专题小组。 Example sentencesExamples In any case, it is clear from his comments when moderating the debate that he picked up many compromise views at his seminary. You know, you remember, because you moderated a debate that we had during the primaries… On one hand, the debates are moderated and hosted by private persons and organizations, and they also choose the questions to be asked. Now for our next week's e-mail question of the week - if you were moderating the presidential debates, what would you like to ask each candidate? Further, the leader moderates debates that may occur, sets the pace for discussion, and provides space for all class members to contribute. I moderated the debate in South Carolina that night. This makes moderating a debate almost as complicated as doing your taxes or buying a house. As most of you know, I am often found at comic conventions moderating panels and interviewing the great and near-great. After a half-hour or so, I had to go off and moderate a panel so I excused myself. I received many similar responses after I moderated the vice presidential debates in 2004. You moderated a debate with these candidates. Apart from the fact that they think I moderated four panels there, it's a good report. Plus this time I have the added excitement of moderating my first panel. Meanwhile, he has offered to come to Minneapolis on Saturday to moderate a debate. Because you write in the book, about the time I moderated the South Carolina debate with your son, and how you could not watch. I was invited to moderate a panel on best-rate guarantees and the role of such guarantees. Four days before the primary there, I moderated a debate with the Republican White House hopefuls. My only commitment for the weekend is moderating a panel on microcontent on Tuesday. Not surprisingly, a lively discussion, moderated by the president, ensued. I don't see moderating a debate as a journalism function in a pure way. Synonyms chair, take the chair of, preside over arbitrate, mediate, referee, judge 3.1no object (especially in the Presbyterian Church in Scotland) act as a moderator; preside. （尤指苏格兰长老会）主持，主管；做主持人 it is the Presbytery that moderates Example sentencesExamples The position of interviewer is the one with the authority to moderate, the emcee of the event. He tried to moderate, but seemed a bit distracted, quoting interviews more than asking questions. 4Monitor (an Internet forum or online discussion) for inappropriate or offensive content. Example sentencesExamples Chat rooms can be harmless fun when moderated - monitored by a responsible adult. However the follow up messages show that the audio specialist has failed to properly moderate the contents of messages going onto the list, unthinkingly forwarding everything it receives. All they are doing is forcing users to go elsewhere, potentially to non moderated chat rooms with little or no protection. The membership also supported the Institute's hosting of a website chat room, but members were pretty evenly divided as to whether it should be moderated. For example, you can write a bit about yourself or your Weblog or indicate that comments are to be moderated by default. All of these sites were moderated, from a minimum of removing offensive language to more draconian exclusion of party political comment, though moderation does not imply monitoring for content. Police also raided the houses of 30 volunteers who helped moderate the site. In addition, the association's executive director moderated an Internet chatroom for children. Chat rooms available to under 18s will also be moderated to prevent misuse by paedophiles. Plus the internet rule ‘don't feed the trolls’ applies as much as on blogs as usenets, so we moderate the comments and have good systems for dealing with that rapidly. The exception to this rule would be moderated newsgroups, but they're a relatively small part of Usenet as a whole. We do not have the time or resources to constantly monitor or moderate the comments sections, and so may be unaware of illegal or potentially libellous material posted there. To moderate a newsgroup you have to get involved several times a day, or it becomes too impractical to have conversations. The government could say it wanted all chatrooms to be moderated, but it doesn't govern the entire world. Finally, the chair offered to let me return to posting on the condition that he could moderate the ‘content’ of my posts, not their frequency. Alas, while such moderated discussions filter out the crazies, they add expense. 5Physics with object Retard (neutrons) with a moderator. 〔物理〕使（中子）减速 the neutrons causing fission are not moderated but react at high energies Example sentencesExamples Certainly, counterions might moderate the electrostatic interactions. Some researchers have also suggested changes to Einstein's general theory of relativity, such as a new long-range force that moderates the strength of gravity. It is then extracted from the ring and smashed into a mercury target to produce neutron beams that can be moderated and guided into designated experimental stations. The detection of hydrogen is based both on the intensity of gamma rays emitted by hydrogen, and by the intensity of neutrons that are moderated by hydrogen. Dysprosium alloys are also used in control rods used to moderate the flow of neutrons through a nuclear reactor. Derivatives moderateness noun The arc of this group's path in America has been one from zealousness to bland, corporate moderateness. Example sentencesExamples A large part of his credibility comes from his seeming moderateness in form and presentation. The party had cultivated an image of moderateness, and had been unwilling or unable to have an effective negative element to its campaign. As the election gets closer, he is going to have to prove his moderateness to appeal to on-the-fence independents. moderatism noun ˈmɒd(ə)rətɪz(ə)m On the Political spectrum scale, that intentionally skews towards moderatism, I scored 9 out of 10 in fiscal freedom and 7 out of 10 in social freedom. Example sentencesExamples It's an incredibly humane, kind film, and it reminds you that being humane and kind will always lead to radicalism, never to moderatism. In such a case, the moderatism seems perfectly natural, which is exactly the goal. Yet, by that time the Revolution had taken a different path and the forces of ‘moderatism’ became too strong. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin moderat- 'reduced, controlled', from the verb moderare; related to modest. Rhymes immoderate Definition of moderate in US English: moderate adjectiveˈmɑd(ə)rətˈmäd(ə)rət 1Average in amount, intensity, quality, or degree. 中等的，普通的，一般的；平庸的 we walked at a moderate pace 我们走得不快不慢。 Example sentencesExamples Time how many jumps you can perform at a moderate pace in 30 seconds. The trail, just off the leeward highway, is not difficult, though there are a few steep areas requiring a moderate degree of fitness. Research by the Department of Transport suggests that talking on a mobile while driving affects a driver in a similar way to drinking a moderate amount of alcohol. Health experts suggest a diet rich in green vegetables full of antioxidants, beans which contain healthy fats and a moderate amount of wine. But, you know, it is healthy to get moderate amounts of sunlight. They basically got away with what they could at the time (which wasn't much) and found a moderate amount of success. Current research suggests that 30 minutes of moderate intensity activity almost everyday is enough to improve health. Some of the vices he recommended to the elderly include the use - in moderate amounts - of alcohol, tobacco and bromides to relieve insomnia. The marginal zone cells were medium-sized and contained a moderate amount of cytoplasm. Although it prefers no frost, it will tolerate a moderate amount of it. Drivers caught breaking the speed limit by moderate amounts would get two, instead of three, points on their licence under the Road Safety Bill being debated by MPs. Some of these second-wave acts achieved a moderate degree of success and most were assured at least of a long career on the standup circuit. On a moderate level of intensity, such feelings would amount to what is usually categorized as cheerfulness. Though the calorific value of fructose was the same as that of sucrose or glucose, it was preferable to consume it only in moderate amounts. Let it be said, however, that I'm all in favour of those things that keep us looking and feeling our youthful best, including moderate amounts of plastic surgery. A moderate climate produces an average winter temperature of 50 degrees, while the summer average is 82.4 degrees. It really doesn't matter what type of exercise, if it is done at moderate intensity for as long as possible, and is built up gradually. The fourth is that they exercise not a bit but a lot - ie they have about 60-90 minutes of moderate intensity exercise every day. You know, when we're giggling with the moderate amount of English that she knows. I expected a moderate amount, but it's quite scary. Synonyms average, modest, medium, middling, ordinary, common, commonplace, everyday, workaday reasonable, within reason, acceptable, non-excessive, within due limits restrained, controlled, temperate, sober, steady, regular, not given to excesses 1.1 (of a person, party, or policy) not radical or excessively right- or left-wing. （人，党派，政策）非激进的；稳健的 a moderate reform program 一项稳健的改革方案。 Example sentencesExamples He turned Labour into a moderate party which accepted Thatcher's economic settlement but combined it with state-sponsored policies of social cohesion. He was the target of years of bitter denunciation, even revulsion, from the left over his moderate policies, but subsequent events demonstrated he was right and they were wrong. What factors explain these moderate policies toward ethnic minorities? The aim was always to hollow out the more moderate party and supplant it. Its front bench has a younger profile, and with its policies not very far from those of the current government, it will find little ideological problems with the moderate policies now favoured by Labour. Once upon a time, this was a very moderate party. He, along with other pragmatists, feared that it could split his party into moderate and radical factions and undermine its ability to govern. They had to put forward a moderate policy platform that nevertheless differed them from the Liberals. Australia has a new and rising political party with moderate policies which is headed by a black woman. A new moderate party comes onto the political scene. The new moderate policy reckoned without the ambitions of the poorest peasants and the zeal of local Party cadres. That's key, that's what a lot of moderate lawmakers in both parties want to hear. Will the press buy the notion of putting out these more moderate faces in the spotlight means that it's a more moderate party? The Democrats will never succeed as either a liberal party or a moderate party. His moderate policies, his personal charm, and his touch at expressing popular opinion were all heightened by the weakness of the leadership of his Conservative rivals. In general, however, the tone of the party was moderate. Any extremist attempts at violence would overwhelmingly consolidate support for a moderate policy. In one 12-hour period, assassination attempts were mounted on as many as five politicians from a moderate party. Throughout the process, those loyal to its moderate policies fought for the survival of their party. In other words, people voted for the extremist parties because the moderate parties were too extremist. Synonyms dispassionate, non-extreme, middle-of-the-road, non-radical, non-reactionary, open to reason, equitable, impartial nounˈmɑd(ə)rətˈmäd(ə)rət A person who holds moderate views, especially in politics. （尤指政治上）持温和观点者 Example sentencesExamples He needs to appeal to moderates and conservatives. Politically he was different both from the moderates, who believed in constitutional methods, and from extremists or terrorists, who were willing to resort to violence. He's energizing his opponents and driving away moderates in droves because he is a right wing ideologue who refuses to make even the slightest concession to achieve consensus. The Risorgimento was made into Italy's founding myth, its narrative carefully doctored to hide the bitter rifts that had in reality separated the moderates and the democrats. Conservatives, moderates, and progressives who value democracy - and we need all of them - need to embed their partisanship into this long, long-term effort. His greatest concern was that the Republicans would prove so reactionary that they would transform Democratic moderates and liberals into radicals and extremists. He works with Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and moderates and liberals, to do what he thinks is best for the country. The rest of the time Democrats have governed only by appealing to moderates as well as liberals. The problem with abandoning the bridge-building moderates is that the Democrats really don't represent half of the nation - or at least, not the voting nation. If Democrats and Republican moderates can stand against full repeal, they also need to stand against a bad compromise. Republicans have used the culture wars to divide liberals and moderates for decades, and we need issues of our own that divide conservatives and moderates. Now five conservatives square off against two moderates and three Democrats. Given the nature of the Greens and their issues, they typically demonstrate the best potential for harvesting votes in the districts already held by liberal Democrats or conscientious moderates. Liberals and moderates in the Democratic Party have a lot to learn from each other. These salient aspects made the plan irreconcilable with the views of the moderates. No wonder there are so few moderates left in American politics. The administration could strike an agreement with Democrats and with moderates certainly, in a Republican party, if they would revisit taxes as part of a physical discipline program. You few, final remaining Democrats, moderates, greens and libertarians really need to get onboard the bandwagon. It is no coincidence that Fascists are more likely to transform into Marxists than to political moderates, or the other way around. And they've got to start listening to their moderates and working with Democrats in a bipartisan way to get things done for the American people. verbˈmɑdəˌreɪtˈmädəˌrāt 1Make or become less extreme, intense, rigorous, or violent. （使）变和缓；减轻，减弱；（使）变温和 with object I shall not moderate my criticism 我不会减弱我的批评。 no object the weather has moderated considerably 天气已经好多了。 his moderating influence in the army was now needed more than ever 此刻更需要他在军队中所起的缓和作用。 Example sentencesExamples Since Anchorage is located at the end of a long inlet, the yearly temperatures, moderated by the influence of ocean currents, are considerably milder than in the interior of Alaska. Most notably, the Pueblo Indians in the Southwest used adobe masonry to moderate weather extremes and keep their homes comfortable. Although we are lucky and have some clouds today to moderate the intense desert heat, we shelter in the shade of the lorry for several hours before continuing. It seems that she is moderating her tone, at least a hair. As soon as the weather moderated, the four men at Cape Evans climbed the cliffs behind their camp and scanned the sea for any signs of the ship. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. In 1991, American foreign policy was moderated by the shadow of a previous over-reaction in Vietnam. Original walls over 2m thick and deeply recessed small windows moderate internal temperatures. Forests play a key role in moderating the climate, regulating water systems, preventing erosion, alleviating air pollution, and providing wildlife habitat. Certainly, he said, prices had moderated considerably and the units now coming on stream were at affordable levels. Since those long lost days my beer intake has, shall we say, moderated. Inside, such wood was used for louvered window coverings, which helped to control incoming sunlight and to moderate ambient temperature. The policy was moderated after 1977 to allow some private investment, and largely abandoned after 1987. These form a thermal mass that moderates the extremes in temperature fluctuations. Mr. Speaker Sir, the rates of excise duty have now been considerably moderated. The flavors are moderated, the heat lessened, the ingredients changed. The climate is continental although the Black Sea influence helps to moderate winter temperatures in Dobrudja by the coast. Thankfully, however, that won't ever happen, because we have the Gulf Stream to moderate the weather in the UK, so that our winters don't get too cold and our summers don't get too hot. Our strategy was to use thermal mass to moderate temperature extremes. However, it would be an enormous mistake to believe that the anti-social attacks have been thwarted and a new government will adapt to the voters' verdict by moderating its policies. Synonyms die down, abate, let up, calm down, lessen, grow less, decrease, diminish, slacken curb, control, check, keep in check, keep under control, hold in, temper, regulate, restrain, restrict, subdue 2with object (in academic and ecclesiastical contexts) preside over (a deliberative body) or at (a debate) （学术和宗教场合用语）主管（审议机构）；主持（辩论等） a panel moderated by a Harvard University law professor 由一位哈佛大学法学教授主持的专题小组。 Example sentencesExamples I received many similar responses after I moderated the vice presidential debates in 2004. Meanwhile, he has offered to come to Minneapolis on Saturday to moderate a debate. I moderated the debate in South Carolina that night. Four days before the primary there, I moderated a debate with the Republican White House hopefuls. Not surprisingly, a lively discussion, moderated by the president, ensued. Because you write in the book, about the time I moderated the South Carolina debate with your son, and how you could not watch. As most of you know, I am often found at comic conventions moderating panels and interviewing the great and near-great. This makes moderating a debate almost as complicated as doing your taxes or buying a house. You moderated a debate with these candidates. My only commitment for the weekend is moderating a panel on microcontent on Tuesday. I was invited to moderate a panel on best-rate guarantees and the role of such guarantees. Further, the leader moderates debates that may occur, sets the pace for discussion, and provides space for all class members to contribute. I don't see moderating a debate as a journalism function in a pure way. After a half-hour or so, I had to go off and moderate a panel so I excused myself. Now for our next week's e-mail question of the week - if you were moderating the presidential debates, what would you like to ask each candidate? In any case, it is clear from his comments when moderating the debate that he picked up many compromise views at his seminary. Apart from the fact that they think I moderated four panels there, it's a good report. You know, you remember, because you moderated a debate that we had during the primaries… On one hand, the debates are moderated and hosted by private persons and organizations, and they also choose the questions to be asked. Plus this time I have the added excitement of moderating my first panel. Synonyms chair, take the chair of, preside over 2.1no object Preside; act as a moderator. Example sentencesExamples He tried to moderate, but seemed a bit distracted, quoting interviews more than asking questions. The position of interviewer is the one with the authority to moderate, the emcee of the event. 3with object Monitor (an Internet forum or online discussion) for inappropriate or offensive content. Example sentencesExamples Alas, while such moderated discussions filter out the crazies, they add expense. Police also raided the houses of 30 volunteers who helped moderate the site. Plus the internet rule ‘don't feed the trolls’ applies as much as on blogs as usenets, so we moderate the comments and have good systems for dealing with that rapidly. All of these sites were moderated, from a minimum of removing offensive language to more draconian exclusion of party political comment, though moderation does not imply monitoring for content. Chat rooms available to under 18s will also be moderated to prevent misuse by paedophiles. Chat rooms can be harmless fun when moderated - monitored by a responsible adult. In addition, the association's executive director moderated an Internet chatroom for children. The exception to this rule would be moderated newsgroups, but they're a relatively small part of Usenet as a whole. We do not have the time or resources to constantly monitor or moderate the comments sections, and so may be unaware of illegal or potentially libellous material posted there. For example, you can write a bit about yourself or your Weblog or indicate that comments are to be moderated by default. The membership also supported the Institute's hosting of a website chat room, but members were pretty evenly divided as to whether it should be moderated. The government could say it wanted all chatrooms to be moderated, but it doesn't govern the entire world. To moderate a newsgroup you have to get involved several times a day, or it becomes too impractical to have conversations. All they are doing is forcing users to go elsewhere, potentially to non moderated chat rooms with little or no protection. However the follow up messages show that the audio specialist has failed to properly moderate the contents of messages going onto the list, unthinkingly forwarding everything it receives. Finally, the chair offered to let me return to posting on the condition that he could moderate the ‘content’ of my posts, not their frequency. 4Physics with object Retard (neutrons) with a moderator. 〔物理〕使（中子）减速 Example sentencesExamples Some researchers have also suggested changes to Einstein's general theory of relativity, such as a new long-range force that moderates the strength of gravity. Certainly, counterions might moderate the electrostatic interactions. It is then extracted from the ring and smashed into a mercury target to produce neutron beams that can be moderated and guided into designated experimental stations. Dysprosium alloys are also used in control rods used to moderate the flow of neutrons through a nuclear reactor. The detection of hydrogen is based both on the intensity of gamma rays emitted by hydrogen, and by the intensity of neutrons that are moderated by hydrogen. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin moderat- ‘reduced, controlled’, from the verb moderare; related to modest.
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