not allowing yourself to have much food or alcohol, or to do things that are fun 饮食有度的；有节制的 He was a hard-working man with abstemious habits. 他是一个有节制的勤奋工作的人。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin abstemius, (from ab- ‘from’ + a word related to temetum ‘alcoholic liquor’) + -ous.