1. (房屋等)不太大的，不算昂貴的，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... 靠土地過(guò)活的一戶(hù)人家的簡(jiǎn)樸住房 e.g. A one-night stay in a modest hotel costs around ￡35. 在普通的旅店里過(guò)一夜要花費約35英鎊。
2. (數量、比率或改進(jìn)程度)不太高的，適度的，適中的 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%... 瑞士的失業(yè)率上升到了0.7%，這個(gè)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。
modestly 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。
3. 謙虛的;謙恭的;謙遜的 If you say that someone is modest, you approve of them because they do not talk much about their abilities or achievements.
e.g. He's modest, as well as being a great player... 他是一名謙虛而偉大的運動(dòng)員。 e.g. Lord Carrington is modest about his achievements. 卡林頓勛爵對自己取得的成績(jì)非常謙虛。
modestly '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(shuō)。
4. (女性或其衣著(zhù))端莊的，保守的;(行為)正派的，檢點(diǎn)的 You can describe a woman as modest when she avoids doing or wearing anything that might cause men to have sexual feelings towards her. You can also describe her clothes or behaviour as modest .
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e.g. Asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner force... 亞洲女性表現得更為端莊靦腆，卻往往外柔內剛。 e.g. Respect the local etiquete. Modest clothing is often preferable to revealing shorts and tight-fitting tops. 要尊重當地的禮節。樸素端莊的衣著(zhù)往往比暴露的短褲和緊身上衣更合適。
modestly She sat down cautiously on the red canvas cushions, knees modestly together. 她小心翼翼地在紅帆布墊上坐下，膝蓋矜持地并攏著(zhù)。
modest英英釋義
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