modest是什么意思 modest在线中文翻译

modest 英 [ˈmɒdɪst] 美 [ˈmɑ:dɪst]

modest 词典解释

1. He's got a drawer full of medals but he's too modest to wear them.
   他有满满一抽屉的奖章，但是他很谦虚，从不戴它们。
2. Prices tended to rise year by year, but at a modest rate.
   物价年年上涨，但幅度不大。
3. There has been a modest decrease in house prices this year.
   房价今年略有下降。
4. She is very modest about the prizes she has won.
   她对自己得奖非常谦虚。
5. She wore a modest bathing suit.
   她穿一件不太暴露的游泳衣。

1. 谦虚
   ...4.谦虚(Modest). 谦虚是中国人的传统美德之一. 中国人常常是自我否定来表示谦虚. 当受到别人赞扬时,自己却贬损自己. 中国人在听到别人赞美自己的长相、衣服漂亮时,往往会谦虚一番:哪里,哪里. 当这种赞扬遭到中国人拒绝时,...
2. 中庸
   ...公平地来讲,现在中国企业仍然处于比较中庸(modest)的阶段,野心不宜过大. 若维特:给中国企业的一个建议是,中国企业要有清晰的计划和战略目标,首先要集中经营,业务能力要不断地练习才能得到显著的增长. 为什么有些收购会破坏公司的价值?...

1. limited in size or scope
   e.g. a small business
   e.g. a newspaper with a modest circulation
   e.g. small-scale plans
   e.g. a pocket-size country
   Synonym: minor small small-scale pocket-size pocket-sized
2. not large but sufficient in size or amount
   e.g. a modest salary
   e.g. modest inflation
   e.g. helped in my own small way
   Synonym: small
3. not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
4. marked by simplicity
   having a humble opinion of yourself
   e.g. a modest apartment
   e.g. too modest to wear his medals
5. free from pomp or affectation
   e.g. comfortable but modest cottages
   e.g. a simple rectangular brick building
   e.g. a simple man with simple tastes
6. humble in spirit or manner
   suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness
   e.g. meek and self-effacing
   Synonym: meek mild
7. low or inferior in station or quality
   e.g. a humble cottage
   e.g. a lowly parish priest
   e.g. a modest man of the people
   e.g. small beginnings
   Synonym: humble low lowly small

modest [ˈmɒdɪst]

相关单词辨析

这组词都有“谦恭的”的意思，其区别是：
humble: 指精神和行为上的谦逊。褒义指对自己或自己的成就不骄傲；贬义指过低地评价自己，对人低声下气。
modest: 含义广泛，指行为或态度等方面不自大、不虚荣、不傲慢、不武断和不自负。