| 单词 |
moderately |
| 释义 |
moderately, adv.|ˈmɒdərətlɪ|
[f. moderate a. + -ly2.]
In a moderate manner, degree, extent, or amount; in or with moderation.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. xliii. (1495) 886 Swetnesse layed to the tonge openyth moderatly and hetyth moderatly and moysteth moderatly. c1489Caxton Blanchardyn i. 13 Blanchardyn..right moderatly and manerly mayntened hym self. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 226 b, He wyll so moderately use thys victory, that no man shall nede to feare hys vyolence. 1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. ii. vi. 14 Therefore Loue moderately, long Loue doth so, Too swift arriues as tardie as too slow. 1631R. Bolton Comf. Affl. Consc. ii. (1635) 155 If Hee be but moderately, and not every day drunk. 1731Arbuthnot Aliments (1735) 146 Tea is an Infusion of a Plant acescent, and moderately astringent in warm Water. a1763Shenstone Ess. Wks. 1777 II. 7, I think, moderately speaking, the vulgar are generally in the wrong. 1831J. Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) II. 193 Never more than very moderately good. 1880Responsib. Opium Trade 22 The Chinaman who smokes moderately.
b. Comb., as moderately-gifted, moderately lighted adjs.
Combinations of the adv. with adjs. in -ed2 are often incorrectly substituted for parasynthetic derivatives containing moderate adj., e.g. moderately-sized for moderate-sized.
1807–8Syd. Smith Plymley's Lett. Wks. 1859 II. 167/2 A set of worthy and moderately-gifted men. 1860–61F. Nightingale Nursing (ed. 2) 9 A moderately-sized bed⁓room. 1872Huxley Physiol. ix. 220 A moderately-lighted surface. |
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