modesty

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英 ['mɒdɪstɪ] 美['mɑdəsti]

释义

n. 谦逊；质朴；稳重

词态变化

复数: modesties;

近义词

purity virtue diffidence shame

中文词源

modesty 谦虚，谦逊

来自modest,谦虚的，谦逊的。

英文词源

modesty (n.): 1530s, "freedom from exaggeration, self-control," from Middle French modestie or directly from Latin modestia "moderation, sense of honor, correctness of conduct," from modestus "moderate, keeping measure, sober, gentle, temperate," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)). Meaning "quality of having a moderate opinion of oneself" is from 1550s; that of "womanly propriety" is from 1560s.
La pudeur donne des plaisirs bien flatteurs à l'amant: elle lui fait sentir quelles lois l'on transgresse pour lui; (Modesty both pleases and flatters a lover, for it lays stress on the laws which are being transgressed for his sake.) [Stendhal "de l'Amour," 1822]

双语例句

1. "Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit," she said.: “你表面谦虚，骨子里目中无人。”她说道。

2. He plays the character with tremendous concentration combined with a pleasing modesty.: 他表演这个角色时倾注了巨大的心血，而且非常谦虚和善。

3. He accepted the award with characteristic modesty.: 他以他一贯的谦逊态度接受了奖励。

4. Modesty forbade me from mentioning that my novel had been published.: 我不好意思说我的小说已经出版了.

5. As conceit makes one lag behind, so modesty helps one make progress.: 骄傲使人落后, 谦虚使人进步.

英英释意

1. freedom from vanity or conceit

2. formality and propriety of manner

实用场景例句

He accepted the award with characteristic modesty.: 他以他一贯的谦逊态度接受了奖励。

I hate false (= pretended) modesty.: 我讨厌虚伪的谦逊。

They tried to disguise the modesty of their achievements.: 他们尽力夸大取得的成绩。

His modesty does him credit, for the food he produces speaks for itself...: 他的谦逊值得赞扬，因为他做的食物品质之高显而易见。

He plays the character with tremendous concentration combined with a pleasing modesty.: 他表演这个角色时倾注了巨大的心血，而且非常谦虚和善。

The modesty of the town itself comes as something of a surprise.: 这座城市本身就小得让人惊讶。

...the modesty of their prices.: 他们价格的低廉

There were shrieks of embarrassment as the girls struggled to protect their modesty.: 竭力保持着端庄形象的女孩们发出了尴尬的尖叫。

He carries modesty to extremes , ie is too modest.: 他谦虚得过分.

They never lost their modesty when honours were showered upon them.: 尽管各种荣誉接踵而至,他们始终保持谦虚的美德.

Modesty forbade me from mentioning that my novel had been published.: 我不好意思说我的小说已经出版了.

Are qualities like modesty and humility things of the past?: 虚惊,谦让等品质过时了吗 ?

Though modesty be a virtue, yet bashfulness is a vice.: 谦逊固为美德, 羞怯却是瑕疵.

Wherever true valor is found , true modesty will there abound. ( William Gillbert, British dramatist and poet ): 真正的勇敢, 都包含谦虚. ( 英国剧作家、诗人吉尔伯特 )

As conceit makes one lag behind, so modesty helps one make progress.: 骄傲使人落后, 谦虚使人进步.

To a teacher, knowledge is not enough. addit wisdom and modesty.: 对一位教师来说, 有了学识还不够, 还要加上智慧和谦虚.

Cyprian, for example, talks of exhibitions of shame and modesty.: 例如, 希普林曾谈到羞愧跟谦逊的展示.

To speak less of one's self than what one really is, is folly, not modesty.: 不实事求是地贬低自己, 是愚蠢, 不是谦虚.

When a woman puts off her tunic she puts off her modesty also.: 当一个女人脱下她的长袍,她也就放下了自己的体面.

Crime burst in like a flood; Modesty, truth, and honor fled.: 罪恶象洪水一样泛滥成灾, 谦虚、真理和尊严逃得无影无踪.

He's a man of great knowledge, but he always maintains an attitude of modesty.: 他知识丰富, 但总是保持谦逊的态度.

Modesty is the bridge to process.: 虚心是通向进步的桥.

Modesty becomes a young man.: 年轻人宜彬彬有礼.

Modesty helps one to go forward.: 虚心使人进步.

Modesty helps one to go forward [ make progress ]; conceit makes one lag behind.: 虚心使人进步, 骄傲使人落后.

The girl flushed from modesty when the man praised her appearance.: 那男人夸奖这姑娘长得漂亮时,她羞得脸红了.

Modesty is a kind of virtue.: 谦虚是一种美德.

You are just the person for the job. Don't decline out of modesty.: 你做这工作再合适不过, 不要谦让了.

考试真题

Despite the modesty of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as "government-run personnel management" and a "dangerous precedent".

Notions of modesty restricted women in the victorian era, but they still swam.