modesty

[美]/'mɒdɪstɪ/
[英]/'mɑdəsti/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 谦虚, 谦逊
词形变化
复数modesties

例句

Modesty helps one to go forward.

谦虚使人进步。

the modesty of his political aspirations.

他不大的政治抱负。

Scantiness of modesty is short of knowledge.

缺少谦虚就是缺乏知识。

Modesty precludes me from accepting the honor.

谦逊阻止我接受这一荣誉

Modesty prohibits me from saying what happened.

羞怯妨碍我说出所发生的事情

Industry and modesty are the chief factors of his success.

勤奋和谦虚是他成功的主要因素。

She accepted their congratulations with becoming modesty.

她不卑不亢地接受了他们的祝贺。

Don’t be such a prude you can carry modesty too far!

别那麽拘谨——你谦虚得太过分了。

with typical modesty he insisted on sharing the credit with others.

他很谦虚,坚持与他人分享荣誉。

modesty forbade her to undress in front of so many people.

矜持使得她不会当着这么多人的面脱衣服。

Mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law.

柔和、节制:关于这样的事,并没有法律禁止。

Her modesty is all put on; at heart she is very vain.

她的谦逊全是假装的, 内心里她是很虚荣的。

Modesty forbade me from mentioning that my novel had been published.

我不好意思说我的小说已经出版了。

his try-scoring ability and self-effacing modesty have set him apart.

他带球触对方端线的得分能力和谦虚精神使他鹤立鸡群。

"Modesty helps one to go forward, whereas conceit makes one lag behind."

"虚心使人进步,骄傲使人落后。"

The girl flushed from modesty when the man praised her appearance.

那男人夸奖这姑娘长得漂亮时, 她羞得脸红了。

As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.

骄傲使人落后,谦虚使人进步。

原声例句

The modesty of the demand shook me.

这个要求如此微不足道,真使我震惊。

来源: The Great Gatsby (Original Version)

But he respected her modesty and did nothing more.

出于对她的端庄的尊重,他没有再做出什么。

来源: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (abridged version)

A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute.

一个自我要求谦虚的人会在一分钟内放弃谦虚。

来源: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

They pretended to great delicacy, modesty and innocence.

她们装出一副非常娇嫩谦恭与天真的模样。

来源: Gone with the Wind

Out went gold ormolu, in came modesty, the cult of nature.

告别了金碧辉煌,随之而来的是谦逊质朴,对大自然的崇拜。

来源: The Power of Art - Jacques-Louis David

" Me? " He was mimicking my modesty.

“我?”他在模仿我的羞怯。

来源: Call Me by Your Name

Notions of modesty restricted women in the Victorian era, but they still swam.

在维多利时期,谦恭的观念牵制着女性,但是她们仍去游泳。

来源: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

As always, modesty dictates a strict entrance policy.

和往常一样,严格的准入政策反映了原始人的朴质。

来源: Human Planet

In his autobiography, Darwin himself speaks of his intellectual powers with extraordinary modesty.

在自传中,达尔文极其谦逊地评价了自己的智力。

来源: Past exam papers of the English reading section for the postgraduate entrance examination (English I).

" I've lectured in America so much, " said Roy, with modesty.

" 那是因为我去美国作过好多次讲学," 罗伊谦虚地说。

来源: Seek pleasure and have fun.

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