moderate

/mˈɒdərət/

意味: 中程度の、適度な人

例文: Kai maintained a moderate pace.
　　  カイが適度なペースを保った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: moderate exercise(適度な運動), moderate climate(温暖な気候), moderate amount(適度な量)

定義: 適度な、ほどほどの、極端でないことを指します。何かが過剰でも不足でもない状態を表します。たとえば、気温が暑すぎず寒すぎない、ちょうど良い状態を指すことがあります。また、意見や行動が極端でない、バランスの取れた状態を示すこともあります。

moderateは約50,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a person who takes a position in the political center
Verb: preside over
Verb: make less fast or intense
Verb: lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
Verb: make less severe or harsh
Verb: make less strong or intense; soften
Verb: restrain
Adjective: being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme
Adjective: not extreme
Adjective: marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She prefers a moderate pace while jogging.(彼女はジョギングで適度なペースを好む。)
The weather is moderate today, not too hot.(今日は天気が穏やかで、暑すぎない。)
He gave a moderate response to the proposal.(彼は提案に対して控えめな反応を示した。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: John moderated the discussion
Verb: moderate your speed
Verb: moderate your alcohol intake
Verb: hold your tongue
Verb: hold your temper
Verb: control your anger
Verb: He moderated his tone when the students burst out in tears
Verb: Tone down that aggressive letter
Verb: The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements
Adjective: moderate prices
Adjective: a moderate income
Adjective: a moderate fine
Adjective: moderate demands
Adjective: a moderate estimate
Adjective: a moderate eater
Adjective: moderate success
Adjective: a kitchen of moderate size
Adjective: the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart
Adjective: a moderate penalty
Adjective: temperate in his response to criticism
Adjective: moderate in his demands
Adjective: restrained in his response

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): centrist, chair, chasten, check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, lead, middle of the roader, mince, moderate, moderationist, restrained, soften, tame, temper, temperate, tone down

Antonyms(反意語): immoderate

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): adult, change, decelerate, hash out, restrain

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, automatize, awaken, bandy, bandy about, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, brachycephalic, break, break down, brighten, bring, broach, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capture, caregiver, catch, cause to sleep, centralize, centrist, change intensity, change taste, character, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, condense, confer, confine, confuse, conservative, consider, constitutionalize, contaminate, control, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cry, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, debate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, dolichocephalic, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, elder, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, ex-spouse, excite, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fishtail, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, gelatinize, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, hold, host, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, important person, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inhibit, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, jack of all trades, laicize, legitimate, lend, liberal, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, man, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarist, militarize, mince, mix, moderate, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, negociate, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, oldster, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidize, oxygenize, pacifist, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, patrician, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, pledgee, pledger, poison, polarize, politicize, port, powwow, professional, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, rede, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, restore, retard, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, sobersides, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, sophisticate, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, stay-at-home, steepen, stiffen, still, stoic, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, thoroughbred, thrash out, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, woman, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bate, catch, countercheck, damp, deny, mortify, restrict, suppress, thermostat, train

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: centrism, centrist, chair, check, control, curb, lead, moderateness, moderation, moderator, temper

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: positive