abstemious

🇬🇧 UK/əbˈsti:miəs/🇺🇸 US/æb'sti:mjәs/
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Moderate and restrained in eating, drinking, or other pleasures; not self-indulgent

饮食有节制的,生活简朴的;有克制的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
absaway from, off
+
temroot
+
iousfull of, having the quality of
=abstemious

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His abstemious lifestyle kept him healthy.

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