modest的中文翻譯是什麼意思
modest
adj. 不太大的; 適中的; 謙虛的; 端莊的
modest的柯林斯釋義
ADJ-GRADED(房屋等)不太大的，不算昂貴的，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...
靠土地過活的一戶人家的簡樸住房
A one-night stay in a modest hotel costs around £35.
在普通的旅店裡過一夜要花費約35英鎊。
ADJ-GRADED(數量、比率或改程序度)不太高的，適度的，適中的
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%...
瑞士的失業率上升到了0.7%，這個百分比仍然不算太高。
The democratic reforms have been modest...
民主改革的力度並不太大。
ADJ-GRADED謙虛的;謙恭的;謙遜的
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...
他是一名謙虛而偉大的運動員。
Lord Carrington is modest about his achievements.
卡林頓勳爵對自己取得的成績非常謙虛。
ADJ-GRADED(女性或其衣著)端莊的，保守的;(行為)正派的，檢點的
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...
亞洲女性表現得更為端莊靦腆，卻往往外柔內剛。
Respect the local etiquete. Modest clothing is often preferable to revealing shorts and tight-fitting tops.
要尊重當地的禮節。樸素端莊的衣著往往比暴露的短褲和緊身上衣更合適。
modest的英文釋義
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的同義詞辨析
modest, humble
這兩個形容詞都有"謙恭的"之意。
modest的場景例句
Be modest when you are on the crest of the wave.
在最得意的時候要謙虛.
You can make progress only if you are modest.
惟虛心乃能進步.
Be modest in learning , for complacency is the enemy of study.
學習要虛心, 自滿是敵人.
Really great men are essentially modest.
真正的偉人大都很謙虛.
Be modest and prudent, never lag behind!
謙虛謹慎, 永不落後!
modest的詞性變形
modest的近義詞
adj. 謙虛的;害羞的
bashfulshyunpretentioushumblesimplequietplain
其他釋義
humbleshychastediffidentretiringquietbashfulunpretentiousmeekplaincoyunassumingsimple
modest的反義詞
adj. 謙虛的;端莊的
其他釋義