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modestly

英[\'mɒdɪstlɪ]
美[ˈmɑdɪstlɪ]

基本释义

adv.
谦虚地,审慎地; 适度地

词性变化

实用例句

They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.

他们说起自己设法使油轮漂浮的英勇之举时非常谦虚。

柯林斯例句

Women have to dress modestly, to avoid being harassed by the locals.

女士穿着应当庄重,以免受到当地人的骚扰。

柯林斯例句

He had been, he said modestly, swimming champ at high school.

他谦逊地说,念中学时他曾经是游泳冠军。

柯林斯例句

She sat down cautiously on the red canvas cushions, knees modestly together.

她小心翼翼地在红帆布垫上坐下,膝盖矜持地并拢着。

柯林斯例句

Britain's balance of payments improved modestly last month.

上个月英国的国际收支差额稍有改善。

柯林斯例句

She cast her eyes down modestly while Jack was talking about her.

杰克谈及她时她稍稍垂下目光.

《简明英汉词典》

She modestly suggests that "sex, or at any rate gender, may account for the difference"

她谨慎地提出“性别,至少是男女的性征,也许能解释这个差异”。

柯林斯例句

"You really must be very good at what you do." — "I suppose I am," Kate said modestly.

“你的工作一定非常出色。”——“也许是吧,”凯特谦虚地说。

柯林斯例句

On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.

大体上说,她生活俭朴,不事张扬。

辞典例句

The church then peeped out modestly from a clump of trees.

接着教堂从一丛绿树中含羞似地探出头来.

辞典例句

She was a small, neat woman, modestly dressed.

她是个身材矮小, 干净利落的妇女, 穿着朴素.

辞典例句

He walked very modestly behind them . He was not willing to spoil sport.

他很虚心的跟在后头, 不愿意煞风景.

辞典例句

The girl cast down her eyes modestly when she was praised.

姑娘受到表扬时,谦虚地垂下了眼睛.

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Nevertheless, Irish house prices are now falling, if modestly.

然而, 尽管幅度很小, 爱尔兰的房价正在下降.

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She modestly kept her from interfering in other people's affairs.

她的谦虚得体使她保有不干涉他人事务的品行.

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真题例句

They began as a modestly successful musician group and ended the year as show business legends传说.

2019年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 七选五 原文

British Land Art as shown in this well selected, but relatively modestly scaled exhibition wasn't about imposing on the landscape, more a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art created passing through.

2014年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Adverb
  • 1. in a modest manner;

    "the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'"

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