modesty
modesty 英 [ˈmɒdəsti] 美 [ˈmɑdəsti]
n. 谦逊；质朴；稳重
名词复数:modesties
- Modesty is that shy feeling you get when someone brags about how great you are, or when you need to take off your shirt to go swimming and showing skin makes you squirm. If you blush, you’ve got some modesty.
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- n. 谦逊；质朴；稳重
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1. "We want to instill in them a sense of modesty and a sense of community," said school board trustee Gloria Pena.
得州学校理事会成员皮纳指出：“我们希望向他们慢慢灌输谦逊的品质和团体意识。
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2. My sister, in turn, would be amazed with both the depth and excitement of my experience, as well as my modesty in thinking of the stories as nothing special.
而我的妹妹，反过来会惊奇于我那既有深度又令人兴奋的经历，而同时我在脑海里谦逊地想着这些故事根本没什么特别。
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3. His modesty certainly appealed to the public.
他的谦逊无疑使民众倾心。
- 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 due measure, sober, gentle, temperate," from modus "measure, manner" (from PIE root *med- "take appropriate measures"). Meaning "quality of having a moderate opinion of oneself" is from 1550s; that of "womanly propriety" is from 1560s.
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