Definition of moderation in English:

moderation

noun mɒdəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌmɑdəˈreɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in one's behaviour or political opinions.
（尤指举止行为或政治见解的）温和态度；中庸
he urged the police to show moderation
他敦促警察采取温和态度。
Example sentencesExamples
- After a couple of nights of moderation, both in political tone and the orator, they're starting to take the gloves off tonight.
- By ‘virtue’ they mean such moral virtues as justice, moderation, and courage.
- He identifies the four of the Athenian virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice.
- It will only be cured when people re-discover the old-fashioned virtues of moderation, self-restraint, self-respect, neighbourliness, and a concern for others.
- Common sense, moderation and consistency are the foundations of a fit body and healthy nutrition.
- Political pluralism also tends to exercise some moderation or restraint on unbridled nationalism.
- Is there another group that seeks the path of rectitude and moderation with the same fervor?
- We advocate that customers eat smart with balance, variety and moderation and go active with moderate exercise.
- That's what I favour - moderation and responsible behaviour.
- It stresses the virtues of wisdom, justice, fortitude, and moderation.
- The antithesis of tyranny is justice and moderation and that of ignorance, knowledge and understanding.
- From the disease model point of view, moderation of addictive behavior is an unrealistic goal for a true addict.
- Given the enormous British tradition of restraint and moderation, that won't happen this time but a drastic response such as that will surely happen if such attacks continue.
- He believed that one's guiding principle should be moderation for in the extremes resided the vices of excess and deficiency.
- As with all things in bodybuilding, the best way to achieve an extreme physique is through consistency and moderation.
- No, it could be argued that when it comes to the national team we are guilty of the contrary virtues of patience, moderation, and restraint.
- I decided that with moderation, I could eat anything I wanted.
- To some extent, it appears to function as a cautionary tale, preaching moderation: excess, it warns, finishes you off quicker than boredom.
- The County has a long tradition of political moderation with progressive attitudes toward culture, education and science.
- They are encouraging young people to associate alcohol with excess and extreme moderation.
Synonyms
self-restraint, restraint, self-control, self-discipline
moderateness, temperateness, temperance, abstemiousness, non-indulgence, leniency, fairness
1. 1.1 The action of making something less extreme, intense, or violent.
  缓和；减轻
  the union's approach was based on increased dialogue and the moderation of demands
  工会的路线是以加强对话和适度要求为基础的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He said the combination of increased housing supply and easing economic growth ‘will see a moderation in the rate of price growth over the coming months’.
  They're basically young toughs in these projects, and they're just not responding to any kind of calls for moderation to the violence, not even from their parents, by the way.
  This is probably more precaution than I would take on my weblog, particularly the moderation of unregistered comments.
  By contrast, German commitment to wage moderation has decreased its real exchange rate relative to Italy's by almost the same amount.
  This moderation of tone is politically smart, I think.
  A real decline in inflation would depend in the moderation of wage demands by ‘organised groups of workers’, indicated Government sources.
  While that failure doesn't represent a major blow to the aim of seeking a moderation of greenhouse gas abatements strategy, it does represent a serious problem for Australian consumers.
  Significant cost reductions and a greater focus on wage moderation were necessary to protect jobs in the year ahead.
  Ireland needs to see significant and continuous cost reductions and wage moderation if we are to protect existing employment.
  Synonyms
  relaxation, easing (off), reduction, abatement, weakening, slackening, diminution, diminishing, lessening, decrease, lightening, subsidence, contraction
  tailing off, waning, decline, modulation, ebb, alleviation, attenuation, modification, mitigation, allaying, appeasement, assuagement, palliation, cushioning, damping, deadening, dulling
  soothing, relief, softening, tempering, stilling, quelling, calming, pacification, placation, mollification, remission, extenuation
  informal let-up
2British The action or process of moderating examination papers, results, or candidates.
审核
coursework may need to be filed separately for the purposes of moderation
Example sentencesExamples
- The process of marking and moderation will be completed by Wednesday, October 6, 2004.
- They could have faced up to the fact that if one is to have a ranking-comparing examination or test, then one has to have some sort of moderation or scaling process.
- Courses were run by the local centre, while university staff made regular visits for the purposes of moderation, invigilation and staff development.
- That was for production, printing, marking and moderation, not the fees schools pay.
- She wants them to look at the level of training, the quality of marking and the moderation of scripts.
- The surprise is learning that even when a school's moderation process is proved faulty under the NCEA, students can still retain their inflated marks.
1. 2.1 The first public examination in some faculties for the BA degree at Oxford University.
  牛津大学文学士学位第一次考试
  he took firsts in classical honour Moderations
  Example sentencesExamples
  Born in Shipston-on-Stour, he was educated at Winchester and later went up to New College, Oxford, and obtained a first-class degree in Moderations.
  Next year will see the examination timetable for Classics Moderations change considerably.
  This provides for candidates who have failed one or more papers in the new Moderations to enter for the Preliminary Examination.
  Every candidate who wishes to pass Law Moderations must offer Criminal Law and Constitutional Law and A Roman Introduction to Private Law.
3Physics
The retardation of neutrons by a moderator.
〔物理〕（中子）减速
Example sentencesExamples
- The individual fibers absorb water, which can contribute to thermal moderation.
- Soil water content was measured three times per week by neutron moderation method at 10, 20, 40, 60, and 80 cm depths.

Phrases

in moderation

Within reasonable limits; not to excess.
有限地；适度地
nuts can be eaten in moderation
可以适量吃坚果。
Example sentencesExamples
- When used in moderation or used in excess on an infrequent basis, the primary effects can be short term.
- The team at Stirling University have discovered workers of both sexes who drink in moderation tend to earn more than their teetotal colleagues.
- They have the trick of drinking alcohol in moderation.
- When it comes to dieting, the official view - eat a balanced diet in moderation, and do exercise - is probably the right one.
- I've heard many, many times that you can eat these other things in moderation.
- Hence the need to regularly swim, cycle, or walk - all in moderation and within your limits of course.
- I even learned to drink, in moderation, and eat very slowly into the night.
- There's nothing wrong with eating fatty foods, as long as it's in moderation.
- If you drink beverages that contain alcohol, do so only in moderation, and eat food before you have a drink.
- Be casual, active, and have an outgoing personality, but do it in moderation.
Synonyms
in moderate quantities, in moderate amounts, within reasonable limits, within sensible limits, within limits, within bounds, within due limits

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin moderatio(n-), from the verb moderare 'to control' (see moderate).

Definition of moderation in US English:

moderation

nounˌmɑdəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌmädəˈrāSH(ə)n

1The avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in one's behavior or political opinions.
（尤指举止行为或政治见解的）温和态度；中庸
he urged the police to show moderation
他敦促警察采取温和态度。
Example sentencesExamples
- We advocate that customers eat smart with balance, variety and moderation and go active with moderate exercise.
- Given the enormous British tradition of restraint and moderation, that won't happen this time but a drastic response such as that will surely happen if such attacks continue.
- Is there another group that seeks the path of rectitude and moderation with the same fervor?
- After a couple of nights of moderation, both in political tone and the orator, they're starting to take the gloves off tonight.
- The antithesis of tyranny is justice and moderation and that of ignorance, knowledge and understanding.
- The County has a long tradition of political moderation with progressive attitudes toward culture, education and science.
- It will only be cured when people re-discover the old-fashioned virtues of moderation, self-restraint, self-respect, neighbourliness, and a concern for others.
- As with all things in bodybuilding, the best way to achieve an extreme physique is through consistency and moderation.
- I decided that with moderation, I could eat anything I wanted.
- By ‘virtue’ they mean such moral virtues as justice, moderation, and courage.
- No, it could be argued that when it comes to the national team we are guilty of the contrary virtues of patience, moderation, and restraint.
- From the disease model point of view, moderation of addictive behavior is an unrealistic goal for a true addict.
- Political pluralism also tends to exercise some moderation or restraint on unbridled nationalism.
- To some extent, it appears to function as a cautionary tale, preaching moderation: excess, it warns, finishes you off quicker than boredom.
- He identifies the four of the Athenian virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice.
- It stresses the virtues of wisdom, justice, fortitude, and moderation.
- Common sense, moderation and consistency are the foundations of a fit body and healthy nutrition.
- That's what I favour - moderation and responsible behaviour.
- He believed that one's guiding principle should be moderation for in the extremes resided the vices of excess and deficiency.
- They are encouraging young people to associate alcohol with excess and extreme moderation.
Synonyms
self-restraint, restraint, self-control, self-discipline
1. 1.1 The action of making something less extreme, intense, or violent.
  缓和；减轻
  the union's approach was based on increased dialogue and the moderation of demands
  工会的路线是以加强对话和适度要求为基础的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This is probably more precaution than I would take on my weblog, particularly the moderation of unregistered comments.
  Ireland needs to see significant and continuous cost reductions and wage moderation if we are to protect existing employment.
  By contrast, German commitment to wage moderation has decreased its real exchange rate relative to Italy's by almost the same amount.
  He said the combination of increased housing supply and easing economic growth ‘will see a moderation in the rate of price growth over the coming months’.
  This moderation of tone is politically smart, I think.
  While that failure doesn't represent a major blow to the aim of seeking a moderation of greenhouse gas abatements strategy, it does represent a serious problem for Australian consumers.
  A real decline in inflation would depend in the moderation of wage demands by ‘organised groups of workers’, indicated Government sources.
  Significant cost reductions and a greater focus on wage moderation were necessary to protect jobs in the year ahead.
  They're basically young toughs in these projects, and they're just not responding to any kind of calls for moderation to the violence, not even from their parents, by the way.
  Synonyms
  relaxation, easing, easing off, reduction, abatement, weakening, slackening, diminution, diminishing, lessening, decrease, lightening, subsidence, contraction
2Physics
The retardation of neutrons by a moderator.
〔物理〕（中子）减速
Example sentencesExamples
- Soil water content was measured three times per week by neutron moderation method at 10, 20, 40, 60, and 80 cm depths.
- The individual fibers absorb water, which can contribute to thermal moderation.

Phrases

in moderation

Within reasonable limits; not to excess.
有限地；适度地
nuts can be eaten in moderation
可以适量吃坚果。
Example sentencesExamples
- I've heard many, many times that you can eat these other things in moderation.
- There's nothing wrong with eating fatty foods, as long as it's in moderation.
- They have the trick of drinking alcohol in moderation.
- Be casual, active, and have an outgoing personality, but do it in moderation.
- Hence the need to regularly swim, cycle, or walk - all in moderation and within your limits of course.
- When used in moderation or used in excess on an infrequent basis, the primary effects can be short term.
- If you drink beverages that contain alcohol, do so only in moderation, and eat food before you have a drink.
- I even learned to drink, in moderation, and eat very slowly into the night.
- The team at Stirling University have discovered workers of both sexes who drink in moderation tend to earn more than their teetotal colleagues.
- When it comes to dieting, the official view - eat a balanced diet in moderation, and do exercise - is probably the right one.
Synonyms
in moderate quantities, in moderate amounts, within reasonable limits, within sensible limits, within limits, within bounds, within due limits

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin moderatio(n-), from the verb moderare ‘to control’ (see moderate).

词汇	moderation
释义	Definition of moderation in English: moderation noun mɒdəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌmɑdəˈreɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in one's behaviour or political opinions. （尤指举止行为或政治见解的）温和态度；中庸 he urged the police to show moderation 他敦促警察采取温和态度。 Example sentencesExamples After a couple of nights of moderation, both in political tone and the orator, they're starting to take the gloves off tonight. By ‘virtue’ they mean such moral virtues as justice, moderation, and courage. He identifies the four of the Athenian virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice. It will only be cured when people re-discover the old-fashioned virtues of moderation, self-restraint, self-respect, neighbourliness, and a concern for others. Common sense, moderation and consistency are the foundations of a fit body and healthy nutrition. Political pluralism also tends to exercise some moderation or restraint on unbridled nationalism. Is there another group that seeks the path of rectitude and moderation with the same fervor? We advocate that customers eat smart with balance, variety and moderation and go active with moderate exercise. That's what I favour - moderation and responsible behaviour. It stresses the virtues of wisdom, justice, fortitude, and moderation. The antithesis of tyranny is justice and moderation and that of ignorance, knowledge and understanding. From the disease model point of view, moderation of addictive behavior is an unrealistic goal for a true addict. Given the enormous British tradition of restraint and moderation, that won't happen this time but a drastic response such as that will surely happen if such attacks continue. He believed that one's guiding principle should be moderation for in the extremes resided the vices of excess and deficiency. As with all things in bodybuilding, the best way to achieve an extreme physique is through consistency and moderation. No, it could be argued that when it comes to the national team we are guilty of the contrary virtues of patience, moderation, and restraint. I decided that with moderation, I could eat anything I wanted. To some extent, it appears to function as a cautionary tale, preaching moderation: excess, it warns, finishes you off quicker than boredom. The County has a long tradition of political moderation with progressive attitudes toward culture, education and science. They are encouraging young people to associate alcohol with excess and extreme moderation. Synonyms self-restraint, restraint, self-control, self-discipline moderateness, temperateness, temperance, abstemiousness, non-indulgence, leniency, fairness 1.1 The action of making something less extreme, intense, or violent. 缓和；减轻 the union's approach was based on increased dialogue and the moderation of demands 工会的路线是以加强对话和适度要求为基础的。 Example sentencesExamples He said the combination of increased housing supply and easing economic growth ‘will see a moderation in the rate of price growth over the coming months’. They're basically young toughs in these projects, and they're just not responding to any kind of calls for moderation to the violence, not even from their parents, by the way. This is probably more precaution than I would take on my weblog, particularly the moderation of unregistered comments. By contrast, German commitment to wage moderation has decreased its real exchange rate relative to Italy's by almost the same amount. This moderation of tone is politically smart, I think. A real decline in inflation would depend in the moderation of wage demands by ‘organised groups of workers’, indicated Government sources. While that failure doesn't represent a major blow to the aim of seeking a moderation of greenhouse gas abatements strategy, it does represent a serious problem for Australian consumers. Significant cost reductions and a greater focus on wage moderation were necessary to protect jobs in the year ahead. Ireland needs to see significant and continuous cost reductions and wage moderation if we are to protect existing employment. Synonyms relaxation, easing (off), reduction, abatement, weakening, slackening, diminution, diminishing, lessening, decrease, lightening, subsidence, contraction tailing off, waning, decline, modulation, ebb, alleviation, attenuation, modification, mitigation, allaying, appeasement, assuagement, palliation, cushioning, damping, deadening, dulling soothing, relief, softening, tempering, stilling, quelling, calming, pacification, placation, mollification, remission, extenuation informal let-up 2British The action or process of moderating examination papers, results, or candidates. 审核 coursework may need to be filed separately for the purposes of moderation Example sentencesExamples The process of marking and moderation will be completed by Wednesday, October 6, 2004. They could have faced up to the fact that if one is to have a ranking-comparing examination or test, then one has to have some sort of moderation or scaling process. Courses were run by the local centre, while university staff made regular visits for the purposes of moderation, invigilation and staff development. That was for production, printing, marking and moderation, not the fees schools pay. She wants them to look at the level of training, the quality of marking and the moderation of scripts. The surprise is learning that even when a school's moderation process is proved faulty under the NCEA, students can still retain their inflated marks. 2.1 The first public examination in some faculties for the BA degree at Oxford University. 牛津大学文学士学位第一次考试 he took firsts in classical honour Moderations Example sentencesExamples Born in Shipston-on-Stour, he was educated at Winchester and later went up to New College, Oxford, and obtained a first-class degree in Moderations. Next year will see the examination timetable for Classics Moderations change considerably. This provides for candidates who have failed one or more papers in the new Moderations to enter for the Preliminary Examination. Every candidate who wishes to pass Law Moderations must offer Criminal Law and Constitutional Law and A Roman Introduction to Private Law. 3Physics The retardation of neutrons by a moderator. 〔物理〕（中子）减速 Example sentencesExamples The individual fibers absorb water, which can contribute to thermal moderation. Soil water content was measured three times per week by neutron moderation method at 10, 20, 40, 60, and 80 cm depths. Phrases in moderation Within reasonable limits; not to excess. 有限地；适度地 nuts can be eaten in moderation 可以适量吃坚果。 Example sentencesExamples When used in moderation or used in excess on an infrequent basis, the primary effects can be short term. The team at Stirling University have discovered workers of both sexes who drink in moderation tend to earn more than their teetotal colleagues. They have the trick of drinking alcohol in moderation. When it comes to dieting, the official view - eat a balanced diet in moderation, and do exercise - is probably the right one. I've heard many, many times that you can eat these other things in moderation. Hence the need to regularly swim, cycle, or walk - all in moderation and within your limits of course. I even learned to drink, in moderation, and eat very slowly into the night. There's nothing wrong with eating fatty foods, as long as it's in moderation. If you drink beverages that contain alcohol, do so only in moderation, and eat food before you have a drink. Be casual, active, and have an outgoing personality, but do it in moderation. Synonyms in moderate quantities, in moderate amounts, within reasonable limits, within sensible limits, within limits, within bounds, within due limits Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin moderatio(n-), from the verb moderare 'to control' (see moderate). noun.1 phr. Definition of moderation in US English: moderation nounˌmɑdəˈreɪʃ(ə)nˌmädəˈrāSH(ə)n 1The avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in one's behavior or political opinions. （尤指举止行为或政治见解的）温和态度；中庸 he urged the police to show moderation 他敦促警察采取温和态度。 Example sentencesExamples We advocate that customers eat smart with balance, variety and moderation and go active with moderate exercise. Given the enormous British tradition of restraint and moderation, that won't happen this time but a drastic response such as that will surely happen if such attacks continue. Is there another group that seeks the path of rectitude and moderation with the same fervor? After a couple of nights of moderation, both in political tone and the orator, they're starting to take the gloves off tonight. The antithesis of tyranny is justice and moderation and that of ignorance, knowledge and understanding. The County has a long tradition of political moderation with progressive attitudes toward culture, education and science. It will only be cured when people re-discover the old-fashioned virtues of moderation, self-restraint, self-respect, neighbourliness, and a concern for others. As with all things in bodybuilding, the best way to achieve an extreme physique is through consistency and moderation. I decided that with moderation, I could eat anything I wanted. By ‘virtue’ they mean such moral virtues as justice, moderation, and courage. No, it could be argued that when it comes to the national team we are guilty of the contrary virtues of patience, moderation, and restraint. From the disease model point of view, moderation of addictive behavior is an unrealistic goal for a true addict. Political pluralism also tends to exercise some moderation or restraint on unbridled nationalism. To some extent, it appears to function as a cautionary tale, preaching moderation: excess, it warns, finishes you off quicker than boredom. He identifies the four of the Athenian virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice. It stresses the virtues of wisdom, justice, fortitude, and moderation. Common sense, moderation and consistency are the foundations of a fit body and healthy nutrition. That's what I favour - moderation and responsible behaviour. He believed that one's guiding principle should be moderation for in the extremes resided the vices of excess and deficiency. They are encouraging young people to associate alcohol with excess and extreme moderation. Synonyms self-restraint, restraint, self-control, self-discipline 1.1 The action of making something less extreme, intense, or violent. 缓和；减轻 the union's approach was based on increased dialogue and the moderation of demands 工会的路线是以加强对话和适度要求为基础的。 Example sentencesExamples This is probably more precaution than I would take on my weblog, particularly the moderation of unregistered comments. Ireland needs to see significant and continuous cost reductions and wage moderation if we are to protect existing employment. By contrast, German commitment to wage moderation has decreased its real exchange rate relative to Italy's by almost the same amount. He said the combination of increased housing supply and easing economic growth ‘will see a moderation in the rate of price growth over the coming months’. This moderation of tone is politically smart, I think. While that failure doesn't represent a major blow to the aim of seeking a moderation of greenhouse gas abatements strategy, it does represent a serious problem for Australian consumers. A real decline in inflation would depend in the moderation of wage demands by ‘organised groups of workers’, indicated Government sources. Significant cost reductions and a greater focus on wage moderation were necessary to protect jobs in the year ahead. They're basically young toughs in these projects, and they're just not responding to any kind of calls for moderation to the violence, not even from their parents, by the way. Synonyms relaxation, easing, easing off, reduction, abatement, weakening, slackening, diminution, diminishing, lessening, decrease, lightening, subsidence, contraction 2Physics The retardation of neutrons by a moderator. 〔物理〕（中子）减速 Example sentencesExamples Soil water content was measured three times per week by neutron moderation method at 10, 20, 40, 60, and 80 cm depths. The individual fibers absorb water, which can contribute to thermal moderation. Phrases in moderation Within reasonable limits; not to excess. 有限地；适度地 nuts can be eaten in moderation 可以适量吃坚果。 Example sentencesExamples I've heard many, many times that you can eat these other things in moderation. There's nothing wrong with eating fatty foods, as long as it's in moderation. They have the trick of drinking alcohol in moderation. Be casual, active, and have an outgoing personality, but do it in moderation. Hence the need to regularly swim, cycle, or walk - all in moderation and within your limits of course. When used in moderation or used in excess on an infrequent basis, the primary effects can be short term. If you drink beverages that contain alcohol, do so only in moderation, and eat food before you have a drink. I even learned to drink, in moderation, and eat very slowly into the night. The team at Stirling University have discovered workers of both sexes who drink in moderation tend to earn more than their teetotal colleagues. When it comes to dieting, the official view - eat a balanced diet in moderation, and do exercise - is probably the right one. Synonyms in moderate quantities, in moderate amounts, within reasonable limits, within sensible limits, within limits, within bounds, within due limits Origin Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin moderatio(n-), from the verb moderare ‘to control’ (see moderate). noun.1 phr.
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