moderate是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 适度的, 适中的; n. 稳健的人, 政治上温 和派; vt. /vi. 缓和, 节制;，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The Nautilus, floating betwixt wind and water, went at a moderate pace.
-- Our arms, which were noiseless, could only produce a moderate effect on the savages, who have little respect for aught but blustering things.
-- It floated on the surface of the waves at a moderate pace.
-- And Conseil, reassured, returned to the study of the bank, which the Nautilus was skirting at a moderate speed.
-- The log indicated moderate speed, the manometer a depth of about sixty feet.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Next,' said Dick, handing the purl, 'take a pull at that; but moderate your transports, you know, for you're not used to it.
-- In a word, Mr Swiveller kept the Marchioness at this establishment until she was, at a moderate guess, full nineteen years of age good-looking, clever, and good-humoured; when he began to consider seriously what was to be done next.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The main current ran rather swiftly, but not too strongly for even a moderate swimmer.
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