一、详细释义:
adj.
谦虚的,审慎的
例句:
A modest scholar never professed to have exhausted his subject.
一个谦虚的学者从不自称对自己研究的课题已经作了详尽无遗的研究。
例句:
A modest man will never boast of his merits.
谦虚的人决不夸自己的功劳。
(女性及其衣饰)端庄的,稳重的
例句:
She is elegant, modest, decent and truthful.
她端庄文雅,诚实正派。
例句:
She wore a modest bathing suit.
她穿一件不太暴露的游泳衣。
不太大(或多)的,适度的,有节制的
例句:
There has been a modest decrease in house prices this year.
房价今年略有下降。
例句:
Prices tended to rise year by year, but at a modest rate.
物价年年上涨,但幅度不大。
二、词义辨析:
modest,humble
这两个形容词都有“谦恭的”之意。modest含义广泛,指行为或态度等方面不自大、不虚荣、不傲慢、不武断和不自负。humble指精神和行为上的谦逊。褒义指对自己或自己的成就不骄傲;贬义指过低地评价自己,对人低声下气。
三、参考例句:
This headmaster is very modest.
这位校长很谦虚。
You are a modest person.
你是一个谦虚的人。
He is modest and prudent.
他谦虚而谨慎。
He is a very modest person.
他是位非常谦逊的人。
She was very modest in her demands.
她的要求一点儿也不过分。
She wore a modest bathing suit.
她穿一件不太暴露的游泳衣。
Be modest, otherwise you will lag behind.
要谦虚,否则就要落后。
Personally he was quiet, modest and unobtrusive.
私下里他文静、谦虚、不事张扬。
We should be modest and prudent.
我们应该谦虚谨慎。
The girl has a quiet, modest demeanor.
这个女孩子的态度娴静而谦逊。