temperance: implies habitual moderation and the exercise of discretion in any activity; in reference to the use of intoxicating beverages, it implies not moderation but abstention: exercise ~ in all activities.     (abstain克制戒酒弃权)


sobriety: suggests avoidance of excess, often specifically of the excess of drinking that leads to intoxication, it may also connotes seriousness and avoidance of ostentaion: a sect noted for its ~ of dress.


abstinence: implies voluntary deprivation: practiced ~ when it came to dessert.       （如谚语abstinence is the best medicine节制欲望是最好的良药）   (deprive剥夺丧失)


abstemiousness: implies habitual self-restraint, moderation, frugality, especially in eating or drinking: lived a life of frugality and ~.     frugal简朴


continence: emphasized self-restraint in regard to impulses and desires: a style of writing marked by ~ and craft; it finds its typical application in regard to sexual indulgence, where it may imply either complete chastity or avoidance of excess: a society that encouraged ~ in all its members.


temperance: 可泛指适度和谨慎，但用于饮酒时表示完全戒酒，sobriety: 饮酒不过量或严肃不炫耀，abstinence: 自愿的禁欲，abstemiousness: 习惯性的克制不过量简朴，多指饮食方面，continence: 强调克制冲动欲望，常表示情爱贞节或不过度


记忆方法: 1) 首字母TSAAC联想为AS A Character Test作为对品格的考验<==节制       temperance节制是西方传统哲学中四德(four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude, temperance)中的最后一项

        2) 节制的意思是克制胃口和欲望mean self-restraint in the gratification of appetites and desires.