- [usually before noun] (specialist)
(of a climate or region 气候或地区 having a mild temperature without extremes of heat or cold 气候温和的；温带的 a country with a temperate climate 气候温和的国家
Extra ExamplesTopics Geographyc2In 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。
- (formal)
behaving in a calm way and with control 温和的；心平气和的；自我克制的
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘not affected by passion or emotion’): from Latin temperatus ‘mingled, restrained’, from the verb temperare.