modesty
美 [?mɑd?sti]
英 [?m?d?sti] 
- n.謙虛;謙遜;莊重;樸素
- 網(wǎng)絡羞怯;端莊;虛心
反義詞
同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | 謙虛;謙遜the fact of not talking much about your abilities or possessions |
| He accepted the award with characteristic modesty. 他以他一貫的謙遜態(tài)度接受了獎項。 |
| I hate false(= pretended) modesty. 我討厭虛偽的謙遜。 |
2. | 莊重;樸素;賢淑the action of behaving or dressing so that you do not show your body or attract sexual attention |
3. | 不突出;有限the state of being not very large, expensive, important, etc. |
| They tried to disguise the modesty of their achievements. 他們不想讓人知道自己取得的那一點成績。 |
英漢解釋
n. | 1. 謹慎,謙虛,虛心;(尤指婦女的)端莊,淑靜;節(jié)制,中肯;樸實;羞怯 |
英英解釋
例句
The Judge: Deciding what is true and what isn't now seems to me. . . a lack of modesty.
法官:決意什么是真相而且現(xiàn)在對我而言什么不像是…一種虛心的缺乏。
He began to work hard in HP and doubted a quesiton all the time : if modesty is a bad thing , why so many people take it as a good quality?
他開始在惠普努力工作,同時一直在疑惑:如果謙遜是個壞東西的話,為什么還會有那么多人把它當成一種優(yōu)秀的品質?
Modesty seems to me a very overrated virtue.
在我看來謙虛似乎是一種被過于推崇的品德。
He DID so not just out of modesty but, more important, out of a conviction that political work was the lifeblood of the army.
他這樣做,不只是出于謙虛,更是出于把政治工作看成我軍的生命線。
Since reserve, a show of modesty and a sense of humor are part of his own nature, the typical Englishman tends to expect them in others.
因為沉默寡言、謙虛的表現(xiàn)和幽默感是英國人天生性格的組成部分,典型的英國人總是期望別人也具有這種品質。
Without any modesty, Chu Jen Wang sat down in the seat of honour.
王舉人也不謙讓,一屁股在上首坐了。
True modesty does not consist in an ignorance of our merits, but in a due estimate of it.
真正的謙虛不在于對自己的長處一無所知,而在于對它們的恰當評價。
I cheerful personality, modesty and self-discipline, thinking, active, very creative, easy to communicate better with a sense of team.
本人性格開朗、謙虛自律、思維活躍,極富創(chuàng)造力,易于溝通,具有較好團隊的意識。
It was the same enchantment in two souls, tinged with voluptuousness in Marius, and with modesty in Cosette.
兩個人的心靈同樣感到銷魂蕩魄,馬呂斯稍帶點情欲,珂賽特則有點羞怯。
TOKYO There was a time when Chinese leaders described their country as a poor, developing country. It was no false modesty.
曾幾何時,中國的領導人把該國描述成一個貧困的發(fā)展中國家,這并不是謙遜之辭。
and speak as it seems to thee most just, only let it be with a good disposition and with modesty and without hypocrisy.
說你看來是最恰當的話,只是要以一種好的氣質、以謙虛和毫不虛偽的態(tài)度說出來。
If man of practice is asked to be of modesty, of no-self and of no ego, how do we show solemn and awful appearance?
無相無我,不執(zhí)著的話,那么我們又如何表現(xiàn)出法相莊嚴,令人望而生畏的容貌呢?
Being so conceited, he pointed his head at the sky and forgot all modesty, so that he also, showed his most private parts for all to see!
他是如此的得意忘形,以至于在他昂首向天忘記所有禮儀的同時,也把他最私密的部位展示給了所有的鳥兒們。
After receiving a bachelor's degree, however, he decided, with typical modesty, that he was "not smart enough to be a physicist" .
然而在得到學士學位之后,Ritchie以他特有的謙虛謹慎認定自己“想要成為一個物理學家還不夠聰明”。
She did not find that the emptiness and conceit of the one put her at all out of charity with the modesty and worth of the other.
她根本不覺得其中一個的空洞與虛偽剝奪了她對另外那一位的樸實與真摯所懷的喜愛。
None of these affected his unassuming modesty or diminished the warmth and generosity of his heart.
這些事情絲毫沒有影響到他毫不矯飾的謙遜態(tài)度,也沒有減退他內心的熱情和慷慨。
Since reserve and modesty are part of his own nature. the typical English tends to expect them in others.
由于沉默寡言、謙虛是其天性,典型的英國人往往期望別人也具有這些品質。
I wonder the general modesty, manliness, sincerity of his nature, do not plead with her in his behalf.
我不知道他生性這樣謙虛,誠懇和具有大丈夫氣概,為什么不為他而感動她。
Such modesty might be fitting in a Victorian novel, but as we seek to understand the Pilanesberg situation we need facts.
這些節(jié)制的語言或許很適合用在維多利亞時代的小說里,但是在尋找解釋發(fā)生在蘭斯堡的情況時,我們需要的是事實。
Only one country seems to have the necessary mixture of wealth, generosity, internationalism, optimism and modesty required to pull it off.
似乎只有挪威一個國家擁有能夠推動上述構想的一系列必要條件——財富,慷慨,國際化,樂觀主義和謙遜。
I was entered a complete thief, hardened to a pitch above all the reflections of conscience or modesty.
我成了一個正式的小偷了,心腸殘酷到不顧一切廉恥同良心的程度。
Modesty helps one to go forward [make progress]; conceit makes one lag behind.
虛心使人進步,驕傲使人落后。
Modesty helps one to go forward.
謙虛使人進步。
You have nothing to fear; boldly take the share which is due to your modesty.
不用害怕,放膽拿你因謙遜而應得的一份吧。
Modesty forbids me telling who won, but I will say that he got more points off me than I thought he would.
我都不好意思說最后誰贏了,但我想說的是他得的分比我預計的要多。
The appearance of modesty is said to mask steely determination, sharp intelligence, and strongly held views which he seldom reveals.
據(jù)比利時消息人士稱,據(jù)說這種謙虛的外表是為了掩飾他鋼鐵般的決心,機敏的才智,以及對自己表露的為數(shù)不多的觀點的堅持。
These Demand Siders have very high I. Q. 's, but they seem to be strangers to doubt and modesty.
這些需求方有很高的智商,但是他們對疑慮和虛心似乎不甚了解。
His modesty and simplicity, as well as his alertness against the enemy are well brought out.
他的謙遜、樸實,以及對敵人的警惕性都刻劃得很好。
Women have no makeup, no longer pay attention to his appearance no longer cares about his own modesty.
女人開始不再化妝,不再注意自己的容貌,不再在乎自己的矜持。
It was on the tip of Bertha's tongue to say that faint heart never won fair lady, but for modesty's sake, she refrained.
伯莎差一點要說出“懦怯的心永遠得不到優(yōu)美的女人”這句話,但為了端重起見,她沒說出來。
Pure modesty made Laennec hesitate to put his ear directly on the woman's chest, and the very size of the breasts was also an obstacle.
雷奈克礙于禮儀,不敢隨便把耳朵貼向她胸脯,而那對大乳房也令聽診困難。
Andy showers with a dozen or more men. No modesty here. At least the water is good and hot, soothing his tortured muscles.
安迪與十幾個犯人在淋浴,這里可沒有體面,但幸好水還很熱,可以安撫他疲憊的肌肉。
They explained that this was a police operation to rescue her, and they helped her put on a robe for modesty's sake.
她們向她解釋,這是警察為解救她而采取的行動,此外,為了遮丑她們給她披上了一件長袍。
Modesty has long been a traditional virtue of the Chinese Race since the ancient times.
謙虛自古以來就是我們中華民族的傳統(tǒng)美德。
To test a modest man's modesty, do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.
考驗一個謙虛者的謙虛,不是看他能否忽視喝彩,而是看他能否容忍批評。
Only if beauty is integrated with modesty can it deserve the name . Beauty without modesty is not beautiful but , at most , good-looking.
美麗只有同謙虛結全在一起,才配稱為美麗.沒有謙虛的美麗不是美麗,頂多只能是好看.。
For generosity--the ability to make real gifts with modesty and love, expecting nothing back--is one of the things which most make us human.
慷慨----即出于謙恭和愛心贈送真正意義的禮物而不期望任何回報的能力----是最使我們人之所以為人的一個方面。
And when the unclean shall be no more, what were modesty but a fetter and a fouling of the mind?
若無邪狎,那羞怯除了是精神上的束縛和污垢外還能是什么?
In his autobiography, Darwin himself speaks of his intellectual powers with extraordinary modesty.
在他的自傳里,達爾文非常謙虛的談到了自己的智力水平。
She had committed a fault, but the foundation of her nature, as will be remembered, was modesty and virtue.
她犯了錯誤,但是我們記得,她的本質是貞潔賢淑的。
The term hijab means more than just covering the hair and refers to the general code of modesty outlined in the verses quoted above.
術語“蓋頭”一詞的涵義要比僅僅遮蓋頭發(fā)和上述經(jīng)文涉及的描繪端莊外型的普通法則廣闊得多。
he's a man of great knowledge, but he always maintains an attitude of modesty.
他知識豐富,但總是保持謙遜的態(tài)度。
These traits require a degree of modesty scarce among those ambitious enough to clamber to the top.
這些品質需要一定程度的謙遜,而這在那些野心勃勃、一心往上爬的人中很是少見。
I believe that I pragmatic, diligence, modesty, rigorous life creed, through his efforts must be made due contributions.
我相信,憑我務實,勤奮,謙虛,嚴謹的人生信條,再經(jīng)過自己努力,一定會作出應有的貢獻。