modesty

英 [ˈmɒdəsti]

美 [ˈmɑːdəsti]

n.  谦虚; 谦逊; 庄重; 朴素; 贤淑; 不突出; 有限

复数：modesties　

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牛津词典

noun

• 谦虚；谦逊
  the fact of not talking much about your abilities or possessions
  1. He accepted the award with characteristic modesty.
     他以他一贯的谦逊态度接受了奖励。
  2. I hate false (= pretended) modesty.
     我讨厌虚伪的谦逊。
• 庄重；朴素；贤淑
  the action of behaving or dressing so that you do not show your body or attract sexual attention
• 不突出；有限
  the state of being not very large, expensive, important, etc.
  1. They tried to disguise the modesty of their achievements.
     他们尽力夸大取得的成绩。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 谦虚;谦逊;谦恭
  Someone who showsmodestydoes not talk much about their abilities or achievements.
  1. His modesty does him credit, for the food he produces speaks for itself...
     他的谦逊值得赞扬，因为他做的食物品质之高显而易见。
  2. He plays the character with tremendous concentration combined with a pleasing modesty.
     他表演这个角色时倾注了巨大的心血，而且非常谦虚和善。
• N-UNCOUNT (地方)小;(数量等)少，有限
  You can refer to themodestyof something such as a place or amount when it is fairly small.
  1. The modesty of the town itself comes as something of a surprise.
     这座城市本身就小得让人惊讶。
  2. ...the modesty of their prices.
     他们价格的低廉
• N-UNCOUNT （尤指女性的）端庄，庄重
  If someone, especially a woman, showsmodesty, they are cautious about the way they dress and behave because they are aware that other people may view them in a sexual way.
  1. There were shrieks of embarrassment as the girls struggled to protect their modesty.
     竭力保持着端庄形象的女孩们发出了尴尬的尖叫。

英英释义

noun

• formality and propriety of manner
  Synonym:reserve
• freedom from vanity or conceit
  Synonym:modestness

双语例句

• Modesty helps one to go forward.
  谦虚使人进步。
• In many writers modesty is a pose, but in Ford it seems to have been genuine.
  很多作家都是故作谦虚，但福特却似乎表里如一。
• He's a man of great knowledge, but he always maintains an attitude of modesty.
  他知识丰富，但总是保持谦逊的态度。
• Modesty helps one to go forward [ make progress]; conceit makes one lag behind.
  虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。
• In his autobiography, Darwin himself speaks of his intellectual powers with extraordinary modesty.
  在他的自传里，达尔文非常谦虚的谈到了自己的智力水平。
• Modesty carried too far smacks of hypocrisy.
  过分谦虚，就显得虚伪了。
• Modesty is a kind of virtue.
  谦虚是一种美德。
• His modesty does him credit, for the food he produces speaks for itself
  他的谦逊值得赞扬，因为他做的食物品质之高显而易见。
• As conceit makes one lag behind, so modesty helps one make progress.
  骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。
• He won praises for his modesty.
  他因谦虚而赢得盛赞。