modestly
['mɔdistli]
adv.谨慎地, 谦虚地, 适当地
例句与用法：
Be youngster, we sit modestly at the back, never daring to speak.
我们是些年青人,都谦恭地坐在后面,始终不敢发言。
ad.
1. 谦虚地; 审慎地
Being youngsters, we sat modestly at the back, never daring to speak.
我们是些年轻人, 都谦恭地坐在后面, 始终不敢发言。
2. 适度地
modestly
同义词：
quietly | humbly | diffidently | discreetly | moderately | reasonably | acceptably | fairly |
反义词：
词义辨析：
同义参见:
quietly
modestly
■"No modest, matronly dove grays and lilacs tonight.
"今天晚上用不着穿那种庄重的主妇式的紫灰色和淡紫色。
■Ryan returned to her comedy roots for her feature producing debut,1995's only modestly entertaining French Kiss.
1995年，在稍有起色的《法国之吻》中，瑞恩重返其出演故事片之初的喜剧老路。
■I decided to conduct a modest vox pop.
“我不喜欢60年代，”莱辛说。
■"I understand but one," answered the cat, modestly.
“我只有一种本领。”猫谦虚地说。
■A modest scholar never professed to have exhausted his subject.
一个谦虚的学者从不自称对自己研究的课题已经作了详尽无遗的研究。
■Go up and down stairs on the right side, walk gently and modestly.
上下楼梯靠右行,你谦我让脚步轻。
■Exhibiting no pretensions, boastfulness, or ostentation; modest.
不装腔作势的不装腔作势的，不夸耀的; 不铺张招摇的; 谦逊
■Don't boast and don't be modest.
不要自夸,也不要太谦虚。
■Rural incomes have increased only modestly during that time.
不过同一时期，中国农村人口的收入增长水平却非常有限。
■So we leased a modest house, a barn and160 acres.
为此我们租了一间不大不小的房子，一个牲口棚和160英亩地。
■With modest Lucrece, and wore out the night.
交谈了不短的时光，不觉把夜晚消磨；
■The more learned a man is, the more modest he usually is.
人愈有学问,往往愈是谦虚。
■The more a man learns ,the more modest he usually is.
人愈有学问，往往愈是谦虚。
■He was typically modest about his achievements.
他一如既往，对自己的成就很谦虚。
■He is modest, and never puts on airs.
他为人谦逊，毫无骄矜之态。
■He is a very modest man who never blows his owm trumpet.
他为人非常谦逊从不自吹自擂。
■Why should he be falsely modest and pretend?
他为什么非得故作谦虚，装模作样呢?
■They are very modest in their demand.
他们没有过分的要求。
■His place is really modest and simple.
他住的地方确实简朴。
■His modest business eventually expanded into a supermarket empire.
他原先不大的生意後来扩展成了超级市场集团企业。
■He became conceited after only modest success.
他在小有成就之后变得自负起来。
■He built a modest dwelling near the pond.
他在那个水塘附近建造了一个普通居所。
■He is too modest to wear his medals.
他太谦虚以至于不佩带自己的勋章。
■He was always modest, kind-hearted, and generous.
他始终是一位谦虚的人，仁慈的人，一位慷慨无私的人。
■He is very modest about his achievement.
他对他取得的成就都很谦虚。
■He was modest about his army career.
他对自己在部队的经历很是谦逊。
■He is modest about his merit.
他对自己的优点很谦虚。
■He is modest about his intelligence.
他对自己的才能很谦虚。
■He remains modest despite his achievements.
他尽管有成绩仍然很谦虚。
■He was modest and diffident about his own success.
他很谦虚，不愿谈及自己的成功。
■He is very modest and open to advice.
他很谦虚，乐于接受意见。
■He is modest without being affected.
他很谦虚，但不做作。
■He is modest in his behavior.
他态度谦虚。
■He always modestly calls himself a laymen in calligraphy.
他总是谦称自己是书法艺术的门外汉。
■He held a basket with a modest stack of provisions.
他提着一个装了不少粮食的篮子。
■He charged a relatively modest fee.
他收取的费用不算高。
■He is a young man of modest breeding and uncertain means.
他是一个出身平常、收入不固定的年轻人。
■He is a reticent and modest man.
他是个寡言少语、谦虚谨慎的人。
■He is a rich man but he lives in a modest little house.
他是个有钱人，但是他却住在一座简朴的小房子里。
■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。
■He's get a drawer full of medal 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。
■His straightforward, modest manner took into camp everybody he knew.
他爽直而谦虚的态度使所有认识他的人都上了当。
■His request is more modest than yours.
他的请求比你的更微不足道。
■She snorted at our modest plan .
他竟对我们的谦虚的计划嗤之以鼻。
■He impressed them as a modest and amiable comrade.
他给他们的印象是一个谦逊而又和蔼可亲的同志。
■His condo is a modestly sized, two-bedroom unit.
他花了大量的时间陪妻子，做锻炼。
■He was paid a modest emolument.
他获酬甚微。
■He pretends to be as modest as anything.
他装作十分谦逊。
■He carries modesty to extremes, ie is too modest.
他谦虚得过分.
■He is modest to the point of ridicule.
他谦逊到可笑的地步。