modest的中文翻译是什么意思
modest
adj. 不太大的; 适中的; 谦虚的; 端庄的
modest的柯林斯释义
ADJ-GRADED(房屋等)不太大的，不算昂贵的，普通的
A modest house or other building is not large or expensive.
...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。
ADJ-GRADED(数量、比率或改进程度)不太高的，适度的，适中的
You use modest to describe something such as an amount, rate, or improvement which is fairly small.
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。
ADJ-GRADED谦虚的;谦恭的;谦逊的
If you say that someone is modest, you approve of them because they do not talk much about their abilities or achievements.
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。
ADJ-GRADED(女性或其衣着)端庄的，保守的;(行为)正派的，检点的
You can describe a woman as modest when she avoids doing or wearing anything that might cause men to have sexual feelings towards her. You can also describe her clothes or behaviour as modest .
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。
modest的英文释义
Adjective
1. 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
modest的同义词辨析
modest, humble
这两个形容词都有"谦恭的"之意。
modest的场景例句
Be modest when you are on the crest of the wave.
在最得意的时候要谦虚.
You can make progress only if you are modest.
惟虚心乃能进步.
Be modest in learning , for complacency is the enemy of study.
学习要虚心, 自满是敌人.
Really great men are essentially modest.
真正的伟人大都很谦虚.
Be modest and prudent, never lag behind!
谦虚谨慎, 永不落后!
modest的词性变形
modest的近义词
adj. 谦虚的;害羞的
bashfulshyunpretentioushumblesimplequietplain
其他释义
humbleshychastediffidentretiringquietbashfulunpretentiousmeekplaincoyunassumingsimple
modest的反义词
adj. 谦虚的;端庄的
其他释义