the temperance movement
/ðə ˈtempərəns muːvmənt/
/ðə ˈtempərəns muːvmənt/
- a movement involving organized campaigns by various groups in the US, Britain and other countries in the 19th century to persuade people to drink little or no alcohol. These groups believed that the effects of alcohol were bad both for individual people and for society in general.
节制运动：该运动由19世纪美国，英国和其他国家的不同团体组织起来的运动，以说服人们少喝酒或不喝酒。这些团体认为，酒精对个人和整个社会都是有害的。