Modesty
[ 'mɑdəsti ]
第4级
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n. 谦虚，谦逊;稳重;端庄;朴实，质朴;
💡 词根助记
mod方式，模式，风度+est最+y表名词 →谦虚，有礼
📝 例句
He behaved with a becoming modesty/with a modesty becoming his junior position.
他举止间有一种颇为适度的谦恭[有一种适合於其下级地位的谦恭].
It was written with genuine, tenderness and modesty.
它写得真诚，体贴，谦逊。
She simulated modesty.
她装出端庄 [谦虚] 的样子。
Her modesty prevented her from making her real feelings known to him.
她由于羞怯未曾向他吐露真情实意。
virgin blushes [modesty]
处女般的娇羞 [娴静]
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-mod-表示“模式”
📖 牛津释义
modesty
n[U]
(esp approv 尤作褒义) state of being modest 适度; 朴实; 谦恭; 羞怯; 庄重
speak with genuine modesty/without (a trace of) false modesty 真正谦虚地[（绝）不故作谦虚地]讲话
I'd like to tell you all about my success but modesty forbids. 我并非不愿将成绩一一相告, 只是君子不自尚其功.
🔁 扩展释义
*['mɒdisti]n. 谦逊, 质朴, 羞怯
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I'm worried that something has happened to her.
我担心她出了什么意外。
It then sends these signals down an ordinary telephone line to another fax machine, which changes the signals back into the shapes of letters.
然后把这些符号通过一条普通的电话线送到另一台传真机上，传真机又把符号变为字母形状。
Then they slowly moved it farther and farther away.
然后，他们慢慢地把它移得越来越远。