陳國詩的英文分享平台

關鍵字彙：

bridle/ curb/ forbear/ immoderate/ indulge/ inordinate/ intemperate/ rein/ repress/ repression/ subdue/ suppress/ temperance/ unleash/ withhold

1. 「克制」、「節制」可用bridle、curb或withhold：

•Bridle your tongue and be more careful with what you say.

•To live in a more harmonious society, we have the obligation to bridle our temper.

•The girl tried to curb her nervousness during the waiting for her job interview.

•Please curb your passions.

•Nothing could withhold him once he made up his mind.

2. 強調控制情感或慾望等，可用動詞repress，但它的名詞repression則可能暗示過度或不當的壓抑。至於如果是情緒反過來「掌控」我們，則用subdue：

•I could hardly repress my laughter.

•He repressed a sudden desire to cry.

•Sometimes, repression of emotions does hurt.

•Anger subdued him and made him unable to think rationally.

•Fear subdued the kids.

3. 強調用強力節制或控制，用suppress，假如是發了慈悲憐憫心而忍住不做某種行為，則用forbear：

•With so many people present, you ought to have suppressed your yawn.

•The hunter forbore to shoot the animal despite temptation.

•He has deserved to be punished several times, but I have forborne (from doing so).

4. 名詞的「克制」或「節制」可用temperance。另外，「馬韁繩」rein的比喻用法也有這種意思：

•I think you should be old enough to have temperance in your speech and action.

•The radical is a man who knows no temperance in his opinions.

•You had better keep a tight rein on your passions.

5. 「沉迷於」叫indulge：

•I indulged my interest in flowers for several years by planting a large garden.

6. 無節制地「宣洩」情緒等叫unleash：

•All her anger was unleashed on her little child.

•The armies unleashed violence on the city.

7. 「無節制的」可用immoderate、inordinate或intemperate：

•Immoderate eating caused him to gain much weight in recent months.

•We are much worried about her immoderate feelings of sorrow over her dead husband.

•The child was spoiled by inordinate praise.

•The spoilt child has a good number of intemperate habits.