temperate: adj.1.有节制的，节欲的；适中的，不过分的，稳健的。2.节酒的，戒酒的。3.(气候等)温和的。短语和例子a man of temperate habits 有节制的人。 a temperate statement 稳健的说明。 the north temperate zone 北温带。adv.-ly ,-ness n.
Due to increasing awareness of the adverse consequences of air pollution, numerous countries of the temperate latitudes have promulgated air quality standards . 由于对大气污染的恶化情况日益关注，地处温带的许多国家颁布了空气质量标准。
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The researchers found that the rate at which nucleotides changed in tropical species was more than twice that found in species from temperate latitudes 研究人员发现热带植物的核苷酸变化速率比温带地区植物中核苷酸的变化速率高出两倍多。
