形容詞謙虛的，謙遜的; 適度的，適中的; 端莊的; 羞怯的
形容詞smallshyplainquietunpretentiousbashfulsimplehumble
形容詞immodestarrogantpretentious
形容詞
1.
1. He's got a drawer full of medals but he's too modest to wear them.
他有滿滿一抽屜的獎?wù)?，但是他很謙虛，從不戴它們。
2. modest
2. Prices tended to rise year by year, but at a modest rate.
物價年年上漲，但幅度不大。
3. There has been a modest decrease in house prices this year.
房價今年略有下降。
4. She is very modest about the prizes she has won.
她對自己得獎非常謙虛。
5. She wore a modest bathing suit.
她穿一件不太暴露的游泳衣。
1. 謙虛：4.謙虛(Modest). 謙虛是中國人的傳統(tǒng)美德之一. 中國人常常是自我否定來表示謙虛. 當(dāng)受到別人贊揚時,自己卻貶損自己. 中國人在聽到別人贊美自己的長相、衣服漂亮?xí)r,往往會謙虛一番:哪里,哪里. 當(dāng)這種贊揚遭到中國人拒絕時,
2. 中庸：公平地來講,現(xiàn)在中國企業(yè)仍然處于比較中庸(modest)的階段,野心不宜過大. 若維特:給中國企業(yè)的一個建議是,中國企業(yè)要有清晰的計劃和戰(zhàn)略目標(biāo),首先要集中經(jīng)營,業(yè)務(wù)能力要不斷地練習(xí)才能得到顯著的增長. 為什么有些收購會破壞公司的價值?
1. (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.
modest的反義詞
e.g. ...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
e.g. A one-night stay in a modest hotel costs around ￡35.
在普通的旅店里過一夜要花費約35英鎊。
2. (數(shù)量、比率或改進程度)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.
e.g. Swiss unemployment rose to the still modest rate of 0.7%...
瑞士的失業(yè)率上升到了0.7%，這個百分比仍然不算太高。
e.g. The democratic reforms have been modest...
民主改革的力度并不太大。
3. 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.
e.g. He's modest, as well as being a great player...
他是一名謙虛而偉大的運動員。
e.g. Lord Carrington is modest about his achievements.
卡林頓勛爵對自己取得的成績非常謙虛。
4. (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 .
e.g. Asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner force...
亞洲女性表現(xiàn)得更為端莊靦腆，卻往往外柔內(nèi)剛。
e.g. Respect the local etiquete. Modest clothing is often preferable to revealing shorts and tight-fitting tops.
要尊重當(dāng)?shù)氐亩Y節(jié)。樸素端莊的衣著往往比暴露的短褲和緊身上衣更合適。