modestly

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基本釋義

adv.
謙虛地,審慎地; 適度地

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.

他們說起自己設(shè)法使油輪漂浮的英勇之舉時(shí)非常謙虛。

柯林斯例句

Women have to dress modestly, to avoid being harassed by the locals.

女士穿著應(yīng)當(dāng)莊重,以免受到當(dāng)?shù)厝说尿}擾。

柯林斯例句

He had been, he said modestly, swimming champ at high school.

他謙遜地說,念中學(xué)時(shí)他曾經(jīng)是游泳冠軍。

柯林斯例句

She sat down cautiously on the red canvas cushions, knees modestly together.

她小心翼翼地在紅帆布?jí)|上坐下,膝蓋矜持地并攏著。

柯林斯例句

Britain's balance of payments improved modestly last month.

上個(gè)月英國的國際收支差額稍有改善。

柯林斯例句

She cast her eyes down modestly while Jack was talking about her.

杰克談及她時(shí)她稍稍垂下目光.

《簡明英漢詞典》

She modestly suggests that "sex, or at any rate gender, may account for the difference"

她謹(jǐn)慎地提出“性別,至少是男女的性征,也許能解釋這個(gè)差異”。

柯林斯例句

"You really must be very good at what you do." — "I suppose I am," Kate said modestly.

“你的工作一定非常出色?!薄耙苍S是吧,”凱特謙虛地說。

柯林斯例句

On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.

大體上說,她生活儉樸,不事張揚(yáng)。

辭典例句

The church then peeped out modestly from a clump of trees.

接著教堂從一叢綠樹中含羞似地探出頭來.

辭典例句

She was a small, neat woman, modestly dressed.

她是個(gè)身材矮小, 干凈利落的婦女, 穿著樸素.

辭典例句

He walked very modestly behind them . He was not willing to spoil sport.

他很虛心的跟在后頭, 不愿意煞風(fēng)景.

辭典例句

The girl cast down her eyes modestly when she was praised.

姑娘受到表揚(yáng)時(shí),謙虛地垂下了眼睛.

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

Nevertheless, Irish house prices are now falling, if modestly.

然而, 盡管幅度很小, 愛爾蘭的房價(jià)正在下降.

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

She modestly kept her from interfering in other people's affairs.

她的謙虛得體使她保有不干涉他人事務(wù)的品行.

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

真題例句

They began as a modestly successful musician group and ended the year as show business legends傳說.

2019年高考英語浙江卷 閱讀理解 七選五 原文

British Land Art as shown in this well selected, but relatively modestly scaled exhibition wasn't about imposing on the landscape, more a kind of landscape-orientated light conceptual art created passing through.

2014年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Adverb
  • 1. in a modest manner;

    "the dissertation was entitled, modestly, `Remarks about a play by Shakespeare'"

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