modest

单词modest

基本解释

adj.: 些许的；不太大（或太贵、太重要等）的；谦虚的；谦逊的
网络: 适度的；谦虚道；有节制的

权威解释

• 些许的；不太大（或太贵、太重要等）的:

  not very large, expensive, important, etc.

• 谦虚的；谦逊的:

  not talking much about your own abilities or possessions

• 庄重的；朴素的；不性感的:

  shy about showing much of the body; not intended to attract attention, especially in a sexual way

英汉解释

• 菜式素净的

• 不太显著

• 羞怯的,害羞怕臊,忸忸怩怩的

• 有节制的,恰如其分的

• 简朴的,简单的,简陋的,不过奢

• 中型(的);适中的

• 不大,不多

• 谦虚,谦恭温顺的

• 谦虚;谦逊的

• 谨慎的,谦虚的,客气的;羞怯的;(尤指妇女)端庄的;优雅的,淑静的,贞节的;有节制的,适度的,适中的;不大的

单词搭配

• adj.+n.:

  modest proposal,modest recovery,modest increase,modest amount,modest means

同义词

adj.self-effacinghumbleunassumingdiscreetshy

反义词

adj.arrogantoverbearingshowyexcessive

例句

• She listen"d with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes and modest grace; For well she knew I could not choose But gaze upon her face.

  她听的时候眼光没抬去，脸一红的神情谦恭优雅；因为她清楚知道：我怎能让自己不去凝视她。

• Back in her modest two-bedroom apartment, it is hard to imagine that Lou Jing and her mother are subjects of national scrutiny.

  在她的流行的两层式的学生公寓中，很难相信娄静（音译）与其妈妈是全国关注的话题。

• But for the first time, researchers were able to see that the risk of breast cancer begins to rise with even modest alcohol intake.

  但是第一次，研究员可能发现甚至适当的饮酒，患乳腺癌的风险也开始增加。

• He says he never went hungry, but his parents made only a modest living selling merchandise door-to-door, on instalment plans.

  他说自己从来不用忍饥挨饿，但靠着父母上门推销分期付款的商品所挣的收入，也只能缩衣节食地过日子。

• Indeed, except for imposing a few modest anti-dumping penalties, his trade policy is indistinguishable from that of President George W.

  的确，除了实施几项影响不大的反倾销处罚，其贸易政策与乔治·W·布什总统（GeorgeW。

• And I give it a modest mass so that the mass of the car is not going to be too high 200 kilograms.

  给它一个适当重量，所以汽车的重量，不能太大，200公斤。

• It has never been the boast of a modest person that he alone could accomplish such a hard task.

  一个谦虚的人从来不会夸口说只有他才能够完成这样一件困难的任务。

• Barzini: We"re grateful to Don Corleone for calling this meeting. We all know him as a man of his word, a modest man who listens to reason.

  我们都很感谢柯里昂阁下召开这次会议。我们都了解他是个有信用的人，他为人谦虚，总是能讲道理。

• The Kansas City Fed president said some weak data had not shaken his basic forecast of a modest recovery this year.

  这位堪萨斯联储主席称，部分经济疲弱数据未能改变他对于今年经济将出来温和复苏的大体预期。

• and by the look of the house and the trim maid who opened the door I judged that it was a sum adequate to keep the widow in modest comfort.

  从她现在的住房和给我们开门的使女的整齐利落的样子看，我猜想这笔钱是足够叫这位寡妇过着小康的日子的。