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单词 intemperately
释义
intemperately
adverb
formal
uk
/ɪnˈtem.pər.ət.li/us
/ɪnˈtem.pɚ.ət.li/
in a way thatshowsanger,violence, or anotheremotionthat is tooextremeand not wellcontrolled:
无节制地，过激地，放纵地
She wasscreamingintemperately at thechild.她对着孩子歇斯底里地大喊大叫。
It istemptingtoreactintemperately whenhearingnewslike this.听到这样的消息时，人们很容易做出过激的反应。
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  • Shelostthegame, which sheappearedtofindintemperatelyfunny.
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  • Heopenlyand intemperatelywroteof hislove.
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(Definition ofintemperatelyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofintemperately

intemperately
I speakintemperatelybecause that is the only way in which to condense the strength of my feeling into the limited time available.
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Before he again expresses himself sointemperately, particularly against somebody who is not here to defend himself, he should read that report.
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Words spoken here, sincerely but perhapsintemperately, can upset a sensitive balance.
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If you try to press itintemperatelyand drive it, as it were, down the throats of the people, on will not get it in that way.
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If you try to press itintemperatelyand drive it, as it were, down the throats of the people you will not get it in that way.
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Besides making these two provocative appointments, he was also accused by his opponents of permitting concubinage, selling clerical posts and livingintemperately.
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