modesty

[美國]/'mɒdɪstɪ/
[英國]/'mɑdəsti/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 謙虛, 謙遜
Word Forms
複數modesties

例句

Modesty helps one to go forward.

謙虛使人進步。

the modesty of his political aspirations.

他不大的政治抱負。

Scantiness of modesty is short of knowledge.

缺少謙虛就是缺乏知識。

Modesty precludes me from accepting the honor.

謙遜阻止我接受這一榮譽

Modesty prohibits me from saying what happened.

羞怯妨礙我說出所發生的事情

Industry and modesty are the chief factors of his success.

勤奮和謙虛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們的祝賀。

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

別那麼拘謹——你謙虛得太過分了。

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

他很謙虛,堅持與他人分享榮譽。

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

矜持使得她不會當着這麼多人的面脫衣服。

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

柔和、節制:關於這樣的事,並沒有法律禁止。

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

她的謙遜全是假裝的, 內心裏她是很虛榮的。

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

我不好意思說我的小說已經出版了。

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

他帶球觸對方端線的得分能力和謙虛精神使他鶴立雞羣。

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

"虛心使人進步,驕傲使人落後。"

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

那男人誇獎這姑娘長得漂亮時, 她羞得臉紅了。

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

驕傲使人落後,謙虛使人進步。

原聲例句

The modesty of the demand shook me.

這個要求如此微不足道,真使我震驚。

來源: The Great Gatsby (Original Version)

But he respected her modesty and did nothing more.

出於對她的端莊的尊重,他沒有再做出什麼。

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

A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute.

一個自我要求謙虛的人會在一分鐘內放棄謙虛。

來源: What it takes: Celebrity Interviews

They pretended to great delicacy, modesty and innocence.

她們裝出一副非常嬌嫩謙恭與天真的模樣。

來源: Gone with the Wind

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

告別了金碧輝煌,隨之而來的是謙遜質樸,對大自然的崇拜。

來源: The Power of Art - Jacques-Louis David

" Me? " He was mimicking my modesty.

“我?”他在模仿我的羞怯。

來源: Call Me by Your Name

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

在維多利時期,謙恭的觀念牽制着女性,但是她們仍去游泳。

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

As always, modesty dictates a strict entrance policy.

和往常一樣,嚴格的准入政策反映了原始人的樸質。

來源: Human Planet

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

在自傳中,達爾文極其謙遜地評價了自己的智力。

來源: 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.

" 那是因爲我去美國作過好多次講學," 羅伊謙虛地說。

來源: Seek pleasure and have fun.

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