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英式：[ˈmɒdɪst]
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modest单词基本解析：
adj.不太大的; 适中的; 谦虚的; 端庄的adj.谦虚的, 适度的, 端庄的, 有节制的
adj.谦虚的，谦逊的；适度的，适中的；端庄的；羞怯的
modest变化用词：
比较级:more modest;最高级:most modest;副词:modestly;副词: modestly |
modest英英释义：
Adjective1. marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself;
"a modest apartment"
"too modest to wear his medals"
2. not large but sufficient in size or amount;
"a modest salary"
"modest inflation"
"helped in my own small way"
3. free from pomp or affectation;
"comfortable but modest cottages"
"a simple rectangular brick building"
"a simple man with simple tastes"
4. not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
5. low or inferior in station or quality;
"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
"a modest man of the people"
"small beginnings"
6. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness;
"meek and self-effacing"
7. limited in size or scope;
"a small business"
"a newspaper with a modest circulation"
"small-scale plans"
"a pocket-size country"
8. free from ostentation or pretension;
"the restrained elegance of the room"
形容词 modest:
marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
not large but sufficient in size or amount
同义词：small
free from pomp or affectation
not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
low or inferior in station or quality
同义词：humble, low, lowly, small
humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
同义词：meek, mild
limited in size or scope
同义词：minor, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized
free from ostentation or pretension
同义词：restrained, unostentatious
modest[ 'mɔdist ]adj.marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself"a modest apartment"; "too modest to wear his medals"
not large but sufficient in size or amount"a modest salary"; "modest inflation"
同义词：small
free from pomp or affectation"comfortable but modest cottages"
not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearancelow or inferior in station or quality"a modest man of the people"
同义词：humblelowlowlysmall
humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness同义词：meekmild
limited in size or scope"a newspaper with a modest circulation"
同义词：minorsmallsmall-scalepocket-sizepocket-sized
free from ostentation or pretension同义词：restrainedunostentatious
modest中文词源：
modest 谦虚的，谦逊的 来自mode,模式，方式，尺度，-est,形容词后缀。引申词义有尺度的，谦逊的，谦虚的等。比较moderate.modest用法和例句：
modest improvements/reforms
不太显著的改进 / 改革
He charged a relatively modest fee.
他收取的费用不算高。
a modest little house
简朴的小房子
The research was carried out on a modest scale.
这个研究项目开展的规模不算太大。
She's very modest about her success.
她对自己的成功非常谦虚。
You're too modest!
你太谦虚了！
a modest dress
端庄的连衣裙
...the modest home of a family who lived off the land...
靠土地过活的一户人家的简朴住房
A one-night stay in a modest hotel costs around £35.
在普通的旅店里过一夜要花费约35英镑。
Swiss unemployment rose to the still modest rate of 0.7%...
瑞士的失业率上升到了0.7%，这个百分比仍然不算太高。
The democratic reforms have been modest...
民主改革的力度并不太大。
He's modest, as well as being a great player...
他是一名谦虚而伟大的运动员。
Lord Carrington is modest about his achievements.
卡林顿勋爵对自己取得的成绩非常谦虚。
Asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner force...
亚洲女性表现得更为端庄腼腆，却往往外柔内刚。
Respect the local etiquete. Modest clothing is often preferable to revealing shorts and tight-fitting tops.
要尊重当地的礼节。朴素端庄的衣着往往比暴露的短裤和紧身上衣更合适。
It's not that I still love you, it's not'cause I want you back.
倒不是我还爱着你, 也不是因为我想让你回来.
Be modest when you are on the crest of the wave.
在最得意的时候要谦虚.
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You can make progress only if you are modest.
惟虚心乃能进步.
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Be modest in learning , for complacency is the enemy of study.
学习要虚心, 自满是敌人.
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Really great men are essentially modest.
真正的伟人大都很谦虚.
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Be modest and prudent, never lag behind!
谦虚谨慎, 永不落后!
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He is modest in his behaviour.
他态度谦逊.
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He is modest about his merit.
他对自己的优点很谦虚.
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After making a few modest remarks he finally promised to do the work.
他谦虚了一番,终于接受了这项工作.
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The price is very modest.
价格是适中的.
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"No modest, matronly dove grays and lilacs tonight.
"今天晚上用不着穿那种庄重的主妇式的紫灰色和淡紫色。
I decided to conduct a modest vox pop.
“我不喜欢60年代，”莱辛说。
A modest scholar never professed to have exhausted his subject.
一个谦虚的学者从不自称对自己研究的课题已经作了详尽无遗的研究。
A modest man profoundly indifferent to official ideology".
一个谦谨的人,洞悉官方意识形态而态度漠然。
Exhibiting no pretensions, boastfulness, or ostentation; modest.
不装腔作势的不装腔作势的，不夸耀的; 不铺张招摇的; 谦逊
Exhibiting no pretensions,boastfulness,or ostentation;modest.
不装腔作势的不装腔作势的，不夸耀的;不铺张招摇的;谦逊
Don't boast and don't be modest.
不要自夸,也不要太谦虚。
On the whole, I wish to look upon her as modest and becoming.
不过总的说来，我觉得她还是个规矩、正派的姑娘。
So we leased a modest house, a barn and160 acres.
为此我们租了一间不大不小的房子，一个牲口棚和160英亩地。
With modest Lucrece, and wore out the night.
交谈了不短的时光，不觉把夜晚消磨；
The more learned a man is, the more modest he usually is.
人愈有学问,往往愈是谦虚。
The more a man learns ,the more modest he usually is.
人愈有学问，往往愈是谦虚。
He was typically modest about his achievements.
他一如既往，对自己的成就很谦虚。
He is modest, and never puts on airs.
他为人谦逊，毫无骄矜之态。
He is a very modest man who never blows his owm trumpet.
他为人非常谦逊从不自吹自擂。
Why should he be falsely modest and pretend?
他为什么非得故作谦虚，装模作样呢?
They have contributed with their modest means very useful results.
他们使用简单的工具，贡献了很有价值的结果。
They are very modest in their demand.
他们没有过分的要求。
His place is really modest and simple.
他住的地方确实简朴。
He remains modest and prudent.
他保持谦虚谨慎。
His modest business eventually expanded into a supermarket empire.
他原先不大的生意後来扩展成了超级市场集团企业。
He became conceited after only modest success.
他在小有成就之后变得自负起来。
He built a modest dwelling near the pond.
他在那个水塘附近建造了一个普通居所。
He is too modest to wear his medals.
他太谦虚以至于不佩带自己的勋章。
He was always modest, kind-hearted, and generous.
他始终是一位谦虚的人，仁慈的人，一位慷慨无私的人。
He is very modest about his achievement.
他对他取得的成就都很谦虚。
He was modest about his army career.
他对自己在部队的经历很是谦逊。
He is modest about his merit.
他对自己的优点很谦虚。
He is modest about his intelligence.
他对自己的才能很谦虚。
He is modest about his past.
他对自己的过去很谦虚。
He remains modest despite his achievements.
他尽管有成绩仍然很谦虚。
He was nothing if not modest.
他很有礼貌。
He was modest and diffident about his own success.
他很谦虚，不愿谈及自己的成功。
He is very modest and open to advice.
他很谦虚，乐于接受意见。
He is modest without being affected.
他很谦虚，但不做作。
He is modest in his behavior.
他态度谦虚。
He is modest in his behaviour.
他态度谦逊。
He held a basket with a modest stack of provisions.
他提着一个装了不少粮食的篮子。
He charged a relatively modest fee.
他收取的费用不算高。
He is a young man of modest breeding and uncertain means.
他是一个出身平常、收入不固定的年轻人。
He is a reticent and modest man.
他是个寡言少语、谦虚谨慎的人。
He is a rich man but he lives in a modest little house.
他是个有钱人，但是他却住在一座简朴的小房子里。
He's got a drawer full of medals but he's too modest to wear them.
他有满满一抽屉的奖章,但是他很谦虚,从不戴它们。
He's get a drawer full of medal but he's too modest to wear them.
他有满满一抽屉的奖章，但是他很谦虚，从不戴它们。
It seems unduly modest of him not to mention this point.
他没有提到这一点,似乎显得过分谦虚。
His straightforward, modest manner took into camp everybody he knew.
他爽直而谦虚的态度使所有认识他的人都上了当。
His request is more modest than yours.
他的请求比你的更微不足道。
She snorted at our modest plan .
他竟对我们的谦虚的计划嗤之以鼻。
He impressed them as a modest and amiable comrade.
他给他们的印象是一个谦逊而又和蔼可亲的同志。
He was paid a modest emolument.
他获酬甚微。
He made a name for himself in science, but he remained modest.
他虽然在科学上出了名, 但仍然很谦虚。
He pretends to be as modest as anything.
他装作十分谦逊。
He carries modesty to extremes, ie is too modest.
他谦虚得过分.
He is modest to the point of ridicule.
他谦逊到可笑的地步。
So able, and he is very modest.
他这样能干，但很谦虚。
Price tended to rise year by year, but at a modest rate.
价格逐年上扬,但涨幅不大。
But he was really a very modest man.
但事实上他是一个非常谦虚的人。
But the youngest brother was able to fulfill his own modest ambition.
但是，小儿子却实现了他适中的抱负。
Great men tend to be modest; a baseman is always very proud.
体小多谦虚,小人多骄傲。
Being a modest person,he was content to play second fiddle to others.
作为一个谦虚者,他愿意居于他人的次要位置。
Your counter-offer is much more modest than mine.
你们的还盘比我的要保。
Your counter-offer i much more modest tha mine.
你们的还盘比我的要保守得多。
You must school yourself to be modest and prudent.
你要学会谦虚谨慎。
To cause to be meek or modest in spirit.
使柔顺，使谦和使（别人）在精神上显得温顺或谦卑
Apartment buildings are modest too.
公寓的装饰也很内敛。
The key is to eat a varied diet in modest proportions.
关键就是饮食要多样化,而且各种成分的比例要均衡。
He is mature, tender and modest man.
具有责任感，正义感。
Don't be so modest.
别这么谦虚。
Ecuador is a modest oil exporter, but output is falling.
厄瓜多尔只是一个中等石油出口国，而且产量还在下降。
Modest intimacy descended upon the kitchen.
厨房里渐渐洋溢着淡淡的亲切感。
Professor Wu is extremely modest.
吴教授虚怀若谷。
And like many Estonians, he is reticent and modest.
和许多爱沙尼亚人类似，他沉默寡言而且谦逊有礼。
As he is honest and modest, all his friends like him.
因为他诚实、谦虚,所以他的朋友们都喜欢他。
Be modest when you are on the crest of the wave.
在最得意的时候要谦虚。
Strong, practical and modest, but likes to worry.
坚强、务实且有礼的，但会过于操心。
Great things may come from small or modest beginnings.
大事恒自小事始。
Most learned men are modest.
大部分有学问的人都很谦虚。
She liked him because she found him kind and modest.
她之所以喜欢他，是因为她觉得他亲切，谦虚。
She continued to lead a quiet and modest life.
她仍然过着安静、有节制的生活。
She had saved a modest amount of money.
她只攒了一点钱。
用作形容词(adj.)We should be modest and prudent.
我们应该谦虚谨慎。
She is very modest about her success.
她对自己的成就很谦虚。
I bought the house at a modest price.
我以适中的价格买下了这所房子。
Young girls must be modest in speech, dress and behavior.
年轻姑娘必须言词谨慎，衣着得体，行为端庄。
She continued to lead a quiet and modest life.
她仍然过着安静、有节制的生活。