temperate
adjective /ˈtempərət/
/ˈtempərət/
- [usually before noun] (specialist) (of a climate or region
) having a mild temperature without extremes of heat or cold气候或地区 气候温和的;温带的 - a country with a temperate climate
气候温和的国家
Topics Geographyc2- In winter, the birds fly from the Arctic to more temperate zones.
冬天,候鸟从北极迁徙到温带地区。 - The temperate latitudes were once much colder than they are today.
温带地区曾经比今天冷得多。 - These plants are only found in temperate regions.
这些植物只在温带地区发现。
- a country with a temperate climate
- (formal) behaving in a calm way and with control
opposite intemperate温和的;心平气和的;自我克制的
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘not affected by passion or emotion’): from Latin temperatus ‘mingled, restrained’, from the verb temperare.