A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue, but moderation in principle is always a vice.
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adv. 適度地;普通地;溫和度;不過度地;
?? mod 方式，模式，風度 + er 表示反復動 作+ ate 具有..的性質 + ly 表示如...的 → adv. 適度地；中庸地；有節制地
"a moderately successful career"
還算成功的事業
近義：sparingly, thriftily, soberly, long, pretty, quite
反義：increasingly, profligately, rakishly, recklessly, uncontrollably, uninhibitedly
n. 原則，原理;準則，道義;道德標準;本能;
?? prim, prin 表”首先的,領頭的”
"They are agreed in principle but not in detail."
他們的看法在大體上是一致的,但是在細節上有所不同.
近義：law, axiom, rule, tenet, motive, point
n. 事件，形勢;東西，事物;家伙;事業;
"She was the only thing that made life bearable."
只因有了她生活才可以過得下去。
近義：item, knickknack, article, object, tchotchke, thingamabob
n. 緩和, 適度, 溫和\\n[化] 慢化
近義：measure, measuredness, abstemiousness, abstinence, austerity, parsimony
反義：inordinacy, intemperance, abuse, immoderation, incontinence, insobriety
n. 性情，脾氣;特征;（鋼等）回火;怒氣;
vt. 調和;使回火;鍛煉;緩和;
vi. 使調和;
?? temperature(n.溫度)-temper(n.脾氣){溫度越高脾氣越大} 網友：yqy temp 補充：臨時（temp）發作的東西(er)就是脾氣
"He needs to learn to curb his temper."
他得學著控制自己的脾氣。
近義：mitigate, moderate, qualify, restrain, slake, buffer
反義：macerate, mollify, relax, slacken, tenderize, tender
n. 美德;德行;價值;長處;
?? 我求”（諧音） 美德
"He was considered to be a paragon of virtue."
他被認為是品德盡善盡美的典范.
近義：virtuousness
反義：disadvantage