adj.适度的,有节制的;adj.(政策)温和的,
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
moderate (adjective)1.
a) avoiding extremes of behavior or expression observing reasonable limits - a moderate drinker
b) - calm temperate
2.
a) tending toward the mean or average amount or dimension
b) having average or less than average quality - mediocre
3.
professing or characterized by political or social beliefs that are not extreme
4.
limited in scope or effect
5.
not expensive reasonable or low in price
6.
of a color of medium lightness and medium chroma
transitive verb
1.
to lessen the intensity or extremeness of - the sun moderated the chill
2.
intransitive verb
to preside over or act as chairman of
1.
to act as a - moderator
2.
to become less violent, severe, or intense - the wind began to moderate
one who holds moderate views or who belongs to a group favoring a moderate course or program
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
moderate (adjective)1.
avoiding extremes in behavior or expression
SYNONYMS:
temperateRELATED WORDS:
controlled, curbed, disciplined, inhibited, restrained, self-controlled, self-denying, self-disciplined; calculated, deliberate, measured; levelheaded, rational, reasonable, sensible; average, mediocre, medium, modest, run-of-the-mill, run-of-the-mine ( run-of-mine), so-so; normal, ordinary, regular, routine, typical, usualNEAR ANTONYMS:
excessive, extreme, inordinate, radical; irrational, unreasonable, unreasoning; extremist, fanatic ( fanatical), rabid; unbridled, unchecked, uncontrolled, unrestrained2.
avoiding major social change or extreme political ideas
SYNONYMS:
central, centrist, middle-of-the-roadRELATED WORDS:
conventional, nonrevolutionary, orthodox, traditional; levelheaded, rational, reasonable, sensible; neutralNEAR ANTONYMS:
excessive; conservative, reactionary, rightist; leftist, liberal, progressive; fanatic ( fanatical), rabid, subversive, violent; agitating, exciting, fomenting, incendiary, inciting, inflammatory, instigating, provocative, provoking; rabble-rousing; dissenting3.
being about midway between extremes of amount or size
SYNONYMS:
average, intermediate, mean, median, medium, middling, midsize ( midsized), moderate, modestRELATED WORDS:
reasonable; common, commonplace, conventional, normal, popular, regular, routine, standard, typical, usual; adequate, passable, tolerableNEAR ANTONYMS:
excessive, extreme; exceptional, rare, strange, uncommon, unusual; distinctive, idiosyncratic, special, unique; individual, peculiar, private4.
marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low
SYNONYMS:
balmy, equable, genial, gentle, mild, moderate, soft, temperateRELATED WORDS:
clear, cloudless, fair, rainless, sunny, sunshiny; calm, halcyon, peaceful, placid, tranquil; delightful, fine, pleasantNEAR ANTONYMS:
blustering, blustery, breezy, gusty, rough, squally, stormy, windy; misty, rainy, showery; bleak, cloudy, dismal, foggy, gloomy, gray ( grey), hazy, overcast, sunless; bitter, dirty, foul, nasty, rawa person who holds moderate views
SYNONYMS:
middle-of-the-roader, moderateRELATED WORDS:
progressive, reformer; accommodationist, compromiserNEAR ANTONYMS:
conservative, reactionary, rightist, right-winger; leftist, left-winger, liberalto grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually
SYNONYMS:
abate, decline, de-escalate, die (away down out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) rachet (down), recede, relent, remit, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, waneRELATED WORDS:
compress, condense, constrict, contract; evaporate, fade (away), fritter (away), give out, melt (away), peter (out), tail (off), vanish; slacken, slow (down); alleviate, relax; flag, sink, weaken; cave (in), collapse, deflateNEAR ANTONYMS:
appear, emerge, show up; blow up, distend, elongate, lengthen