modestly的中文翻譯是什麼意思
modestly
adv. 謙虛地，審慎地; 適度地
modestly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。
modestly的英文釋義
Adverb
1. in a modest manner;
- the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'
modestly的場景例句
They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.
他們說起自己設法使油輪漂浮的英勇之舉時非常謙虛。
Women have to dress modestly, to avoid being harassed by the locals.
女士穿著應當莊重，以免受到當地人的騷擾。
He had been, he said modestly, swimming champ at high school.
他謙遜地說，念中學時他曾經是游泳冠軍。
She sat down cautiously on the red canvas cushions, knees modestly together.
她小心翼翼地在紅帆布墊上坐下，膝蓋矜持地併攏著。
Britain's balance of payments improved modestly last month.
上個月英國的國際收支差額稍有改善。