modest的意思和读音

modest

: [ˈmɑdəst] : [ˈmɒdɪst]

adj.

adj.+n.modest proposal,modest recovery,modest increase,modest amount,modest means

adj.arrogant,overbearing,showy,excessive

adj.self-effacing,humble,unassuming,discreet,shy

modestadj.

1.not very large, expensive, important, etc.

modest improvements/reforms

He charged a relatively modest fee.

a modest little house

The research was carried out on a modest scale.

2.not talking much about your own abilities or possessions

She's very modest about her success.

You're too modest!

3.shy about showing much of the body; not intended to attract attention, especially in a sexual way

a modest dress

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adj.1.a modest person does not like to talk about themselves, their achievements, or their abilities, even if they are successful2.fairly small, especially when compared with other things of the same type; fairly good or successful, but not excellent; a modest building is not large or expensive3.feeling shy or embarrassed about other people seeing your body; modest behavior or clothes are intended to avoid causing sexual feelings in other people, used mainly about women

1. methodical modest ; objective ...

2. 404 winner n. 405 modest a. 406 interested a. ...

3. modern a. modest a. moment n. ...

4. liquor n. 496. modest a. 498. molecule n. 499. ...

5. miserable a. modest a. motive n. ...

6. minute a. n.; modest a. ; need vt. ;, ...

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1.She listen'd with a flitting blush, With downcast eyes and modest grace; For well she knew I could not choose But gaze upon her face.

2.Back in her modest two-bedroom apartment, it is hard to imagine that Lou Jing and her mother are subjects of national scrutiny.

3.But for the first time, researchers were able to see that the risk of breast cancer begins to rise with even modest alcohol intake.

4.He says he never went hungry, but his parents made only a modest living selling merchandise door-to-door, on instalment plans.饿

5.Indeed, except for imposing a few modest anti-dumping penalties, his trade policy is indistinguishable from that of President George W.·W·(GeorgeW。

6.And I give it a modest mass so that the mass of the car is not going to be too high 200 kilograms.,200

7.It has never been the boast of a modest person that he alone could accomplish such a hard task.

8.Barzini: We're grateful to Don Corleone for calling this meeting. We all know him as a man of his word, a modest man who listens to reason.

9.The Kansas City Fed president said some weak data had not shaken his basic forecast of a modest recovery this year.

10.and by the look of the house and the trim maid who opened the door I judged that it was a sum adequate to keep the widow in modest comfort.使