noun
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。