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ADJ-GRADED
(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.
例句
...the modest home of a family who lived off the land...
靠土地過活的一戶人家的簡樸住房
A one-night stay in a modest hotel costs around ￡35.
在普通的旅店里過一夜要花費約35英鎊。
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ADJ-GRADED
(數量、比率或改進程度)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.
例句
Swiss unemployment rose to the still modest rate of 0.7%...
瑞士的失業率上升到了0.7%，這個百分比仍然不算太高。
The democratic reforms have been modest...
民主改革的力度并不太大。
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ADJ-GRADED
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.
例句
He's modest, as well as being a great player...
他是一名謙虛而偉大的運動員。
Lord Carrington is modest about his achievements.
卡林頓勛爵對自己取得的成績非常謙虛。
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ADJ-GRADED
(女性或其衣著)端莊的，保守的;(行為)正派的，檢點的
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 .
例句
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。
Respect the local etiquete. Modest clothing is often preferable to revealing shorts and tight-fitting tops.
要尊重當地的禮節。樸素端莊的衣著往往比暴露的短褲和緊身上衣更合適。