Modesty
[ 'mɑdəsti ]
第4级
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n. 谦虚，谦逊;稳重;端庄;朴实，质朴;
💡 词根助记
mod方式，模式，风度+est最+y表名词 →谦虚，有礼
📝 例句
He behaved with a becoming modesty/with a modesty becoming his junior position.
他举止间有一种颇为适度的谦恭[有一种适合於其下级地位的谦恭].
It was written with genuine, tenderness and modesty.
它写得真诚，体贴，谦逊。
She simulated modesty.
她装出端庄 [谦虚] 的样子。
Her modesty prevented her from making her real feelings known to him.
她由于羞怯未曾向他吐露真情实意。
virgin blushes [modesty]
处女般的娇羞 [娴静]
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-mod-表示“模式”
📖 牛津释义
modesty
n[U]
(esp approv 尤作褒义) state of being modest 适度; 朴实; 谦恭; 羞怯; 庄重
speak with genuine modesty/without (a trace of) false modesty 真正谦虚地[（绝）不故作谦虚地]讲话
I'd like to tell you all about my success but modesty forbids. 我并非不愿将成绩一一相告, 只是君子不自尚其功.
🔁 扩展释义
*['mɒdisti]n. 谦逊, 质朴, 羞怯
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Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.
官员们过去总是搞不清埃利斯岛过境人员的外国姓名，因为他们非常繁忙，所以在过境的人蜂拥而至的时候，许多人的姓名都被更改了。
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read
“有些书是应当尝尝滋味的，有些书是应当吞食下去的，有少数书是应当咀嚼和消化的。”这个忠告很好，它表明可以用不同的方法来阅读不同类型的书。
Yes, it is, she said. And who are you, anyway?
不，是我的名字啊，她说，而你到底是谁呀？"