modest
/ˈmɑdəst/ 形容词 B2中文： 谦虚、谦让、谦逊、谦恭
- Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements; unpretentious, humble.
- Small, moderate in size. · He earns a modest amount of money.· Her latest novel was a modest success.
- Pure and delicate from a sense of propriety. · modest thoughts or language
- Intending to avoid the encouraging of sexual attraction in others.
比较级 modester · 最高级 modestest
来自图书馆
It isn’t modest.
Elizabeth listened with delight to the happy though modest hopes which Jane entertained of Bingley’s regard, and said all in her power to heighten her confidence in it.
Bingley is most unaffectedly modest.
A second very obvious one is that this young man really is the heir of a great property, however modest his means may at present be, and it is not impossible that a plot to hold him for ransom might be concocted.”
在真实文章中学习modest
注册免费账号后，在图书馆中把鼠标悬停在任何单词上即可看到意思，还能听朗读、收藏单词并按你的记忆安排复习，看到每本书你已经认识多少。