1not having a high opinion of your own abilities謙虛VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, look, remain, seem謙虛;看起來謙恭;依然謙虛;似乎謙虛ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常謙虛▸➤genuinely真心謙虛▸➤falsely假裝謙虛◇She would be falsely modest not to acknowledge that she had come a very long way since those early days.不承認自己比以前有了很大的進步,她就是在故作謙虛。PREPOSITION➤about對⋯不誇耀◇He is modest about his achievements.他不誇耀自己的成就。modest
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2not very large, expensive, important, etc.不太大;不太貴;不太重要VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, seem適中;似乎不過分◇Our requirements seem fairly modest.我們的要求似乎並不過分。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常適中▸➤comparatively, relatively比較/相對適中◇He is looking to improve on his relatively modest achievements so far.目前他業績平平,但他期待能有所進步。➤apparently看似適中▸➤surprisingly令人意外地適中PREPOSITION➤in⋯方面適中◇The new homes are modest in scale, but very comfortable.這些新住宅也就中等面積,但非常舒適。
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