modestynoun
谦虚；谦逊
the fact of not talking much about your abilities or possessions
He accepted the award with characteristic modesty.
他以他一贯的谦逊态度接受了奖励。
I hate false (= pretended) modesty.
我讨厌虚伪的谦逊。
庄重；朴素；贤淑
the action of behaving or dressing so that you do not show your body or attract sexual attention
不突出；有限
the state of being not very large, expensive, important, etc.
They tried to disguise the modesty of their achievements.
他们尽力夸大取得的成绩。
modesty
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N-UNCOUNT 谦虚;谦逊;谦恭
Someone who shows modesty does not talk much about their abilities or achievements.His modesty does him credit, for the food he produces speaks for itself...
他的谦逊值得赞扬，因为他做的食物品质之高显而易见。
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N-UNCOUNT (地方)小;(数量等)少，有限
You can refer to the modesty of something such as a place or amount when it is fairly small.The modesty of the town itself comes as something of a surprise.
这座城市本身就小得让人惊讶。
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N-UNCOUNT （尤指女性的）端庄，庄重
If someone, especially a woman, shows modesty, they are cautious about the way they dress and behave because they are aware that other people may view them in a sexual way.There were shrieks of embarrassment as the girls struggled to protect their modesty.
竭力保持着端庄形象的女孩们发出了尴尬的尖叫。
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He plays the character with tremendous concentration combined with a pleasing modesty .
他表演这个角色时倾注了巨大的心血，而且非常谦虚和善。
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In many writers modesty is a pose , but in Ford it seems to have been genuine .
很多作家都是故作谦虚，但福特却似乎表里如一。
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He accepted the award with characteristic modesty .
他以他一贯的谦逊态度接受了奖励。
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They tried to disguise the modesty of their achievements .
他们尽力夸大取得的成绩。
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I hate false modesty .
我讨厌虚伪的谦逊。
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The modesty of the town itself comes as something of a surprise .
这座城市本身就小得让人惊讶。
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His modesty does him credit , for the food he produces speaks for itself
他的谦逊值得赞扬，因为他做的食物品质之高显而易见。
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She bowed her head and smiled in false modesty
她低着头，故作谦卑地笑着。
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There were shrieks of embarrassment as the girls struggled to protect their modesty .
竭力保持着端庄形象的女孩们发出了尴尬的尖叫。
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' Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit , ' she said .
“你表面谦虚，骨子里目中无人。”她说道。
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Modesty helps one to go forward .
谦虚使人进步。
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Modesty helps one to go forward [ make progress ] ; conceit makes one lag behind .
虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。
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One loses by pride and gains by modesty . ;
满招损，谦受益。
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You are just the person for the job . Don 't decline out of modesty .
你做这工作再合适不过，不要谦让了。
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Modesty is a kind of virtue .
谦虚是一种美德。
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He won praises for his modesty .
他因谦虚而赢得盛赞。
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Industry and modesty are the chief factors of his success .
勤奋和谦虚是他成功的主要因素。
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As conceit makes one lag behind , so modesty helps one make progress .
骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。
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He 's a man of great knowledge , but he always maintains an attitude of modesty .
他知识丰富，但总是保持谦逊的态度。
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Modesty carried too far smacks of hypocrisy .
过分谦虚，就显得虚伪了。
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He comports himself with modesty .
他表现得很谦虚
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Though his two daughters where beautiful , he said they were ugly out of modesty . Being brought up in the boudoir , the girls could not show their faces in public , so they were well known for their ugly appearances . As a result of which nobody in the country proposed marriage to them .
他的两个女儿虽然长的很漂亮，但由于做父亲的谦虚说是丑陋，而养在深闺的女孩儿又不可能公然出来见人，以至丑陋名声远扬，全国之大，竟然无一人向她们求婚。
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No , it just shows the modesty of the Chinese people .
不是，这就是中国人的谦虚。
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Modesty is considered as a traditional virtue in Chinese Traditional Culture .
在中国传统文化里，谦虚一直被认为是一种传统美德。
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Since ancient times , Chinese were courteous image of modesty .
自古以来中国人就以谦谦有礼的形象而闻名于世。
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What we like the most about the great man is his modesty .
对那位伟人，我们最喜欢他的谦虚。
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You can also hear people saying it about themselves to show their modesty .
人们有时也用“滥竽充数”来表示自谦。
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But , in all modesty , I would 've done it better .
但我很谦虚，我愿做得更好一些。
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Modesty is important to one 's achievement .
谦虚对一个人的成就至关重要。
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It is a Chinese way to express modesty .
这是中国人自谦的一种表现。