modesty
英['m?d?st?]
美['mɑd?sti]
- n. 謙遜；質樸；穩重
實用場景例句
- He accepted the award with characteristic modesty.
- 他以他一貫的謙遜態度接受了獎勵。
牛津詞典
- I hate false (= pretended) modesty.
- 我討厭虛偽的謙遜。
牛津詞典
- They tried to disguise the modesty of their achievements.
- 他們盡力夸大取得的成績。
牛津詞典
- His modesty does him credit, for the food he produces speaks for itself...
- 他的謙遜值得贊揚，因為他做的食物品質之高顯而易見。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He plays the character with tremendous concentration combined with a pleasing modesty.
- 他表演這個角色時傾注了巨大的心血，而且非常謙虛和善。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- The modesty of the town itself comes as something of a surprise.
- 這座城市本身就小得讓人驚訝。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...the modesty of their prices.
- 他們價格的低廉
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- There were shrieks of embarrassment as the girls struggled to protect their modesty.
- 竭力保持著端莊形象的女孩們發出了尷尬的尖叫。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He carries modesty to extremes , ie is too modest.
- 他謙虛得過分.
辭典例句
- They never lost their modesty when honours were showered upon them.
- 盡管各種榮譽接踵而至,他們始終保持謙虛的美德.
辭典例句
- 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.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Are qualities like modesty and humility things of the past?
- 虛驚,謙讓等品質過時了 嗎 ?
期刊摘選
- Though modesty be a virtue, yet bashfulness is a vice.
- 謙遜固為美德, 羞怯卻是瑕疵.
期刊摘選
- Wherever true valor is found , true modesty will there abound. ( William Gillbert, British dramatist and poet )
- 真正的勇敢, 都包含謙虛. ( 英國劇作家、詩人吉爾伯特 )
期刊摘選
- As conceit makes one lag behind, so modesty helps one make progress.
- 驕傲使人落后, 謙虛使人進步.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- To a teacher, knowledge is not enough. addit wisdom and modesty.
- 對一位教師來說, 有了學識還不夠, 還要加上智慧和謙虛.
期刊摘選
- Cyprian, for example, talks of exhibitions of shame and modesty.
- 例如, 希普林曾談到羞愧跟謙遜的展示.
期刊摘選
- To speak less of one's self than what one really is, is folly, not modesty.
- 不實事求是地貶低自己, 是愚蠢, 不是謙虛.
期刊摘選
- When a woman puts off her tunic she puts off her modesty also.
- 當一個女人脫下她的長袍,她也就放下了自己的體面.
期刊摘選
- Crime burst in like a flood; Modesty, truth, and honor fled.
- 罪惡象洪水一樣泛濫成災, 謙虛 、 真理和尊嚴逃得無影無蹤.
期刊摘選
- He's a man of great knowledge, but he always maintains an attitude of modesty.
- 他知識豐富, 但總是保持謙遜的態度.
期刊摘選
- Modesty is the bridge to process.
- 虛心是通向進步的橋.
期刊摘選
- Modesty becomes a young man.
- 年輕人宜彬彬有禮.
期刊摘選
- Modesty helps one to go forward.
- 虛心使人進步.
《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- Modesty helps one to go forward [ make progress ]; conceit makes one lag behind.
- 虛心 使人進步, 驕傲使人落后.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- The girl flushed from modesty when the man praised her appearance.
- 那男人夸獎這姑娘長得漂亮時,她羞得臉紅了.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- Modesty is a kind of virtue.
- 謙虛是一種美德.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- You are just the person for the job. Don't decline out of modesty.
- 你做這工作再合適不過, 不要謙讓了.
《現代漢英綜合大詞典》