moderate

• adj.安定した、適度な、中程度の、温和な
• vi. 穏やかにする；弱める
• vt. 中庸；緩和

mode、pattern、manner、measureから。穏健、中庸から派生した。

moderate

moderate: [14] Latin moderārī or moderāre meant ‘reduce, control’. They were derived from an unrecorded *modes- (source also of modest), which was related to modus ‘measure’ (source of English mode and model), and hence denoted etymologically ‘keep within due measure’. Their past participle moderātus was taken over by English as an adjective, and converted into a verb in the 15th century.
=> mode, model, modern, modest

moderate (adj.)

late 14c., originally of weather and other physical conditions, from Latin moderatus "within bounds, observing moderation;" figuratively "modest, restrained," past participle of moderari "to regulate, mitigate, restrain, temper, set a measure, keep (something) within measure," related to modus "measure," from PIE *med-es-, from base *med- (see medical (adj.)). The notion is "keeping within due measure." In English, of persons from early 15c.; of opinions from 1640s; of prices from 1904. Related: Moderateness.

moderate (v.)

early 15c., "to abate excessiveness;" from Latin moderatus, past participle of moderari (see moderate (adj.)). Meaning "to preside over a debate" is first attested 1570s. Related: Moderated; moderating.

moderate (n.)

"one who holds moderate opinions on controversial subjects," 1794, from moderate (adj.). Related: Moderatism; -moderantism.

1. Futures prices recovered from sharp early declines to end with moderate losses.

先物価格は、朝方の深さ下落後に反発し、終値では大きな損失は見られなかった。

2.There were three moderate climbs to just below the 450 feet contour.

ちょうど450フィートの等高線の下に3つの緩い坂がある。

3.The new centre-right government 's radical objectives are often couched in moderate terms.

新しい中右政府は、その急進的な目標を穏やかな言葉で表現することが多い。

4.Contrary to popular belief， moderate exercise actually decreases your appite.

通常の見方とは逆に、適度な運動は事実上食欲を低下させる。

5.The chops should be cooked over moderate heat to prevent excessive charring.

肉の塊は頭を焼かないようにとろ火で煮るべきだ。