形容词谦虚的，谦逊的; 适度的，适中的; 端庄的; 羞怯的
形容词
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. (房屋等)不太大的，不算昂贵的，普通的
A modest house or other building is not large or expensive.
e.g. ...the modest home of a family who lived off the land...
靠土地过活的一户人家的简朴住房
e.g. A one-night stay in a modest hotel costs around ￡35.
在普通的旅店里过一夜要花费约35英镑。
2. (数量、比率或改进程度)不太高的，适度的，适中的
You use modest to describe something such as an amount, rate, or improvement which is fairly small.
e.g. Swiss unemployment rose to the still modest rate of 0.7%...
瑞士的失业率上升到了0.7%，这个百分比仍然不算太高。
e.g. The democratic reforms have been modest...
民主改革的力度并不太大。
adj
1. limited in size or scope
e.g. a small business
a newspaper with a modest circulation
small-scale plans
a pocket-size country
Synonym: minorsmallsmall-scalepocket-sizepocket-sized
2. not large but sufficient in size or amount
e.g. a modest salary
modest inflation
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
too modest to wear his medals
5. free from pomp or affectation
e.g. comfortable but modest cottages
a simple rectangular brick building
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
7. low or inferior in station or quality
e.g. a humble cottage
a lowly parish priest
a modest man of the people
small beginnings