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modesty

英 /'mɒdɪstɪ/ 美 /'mɑdəsti/

n. 谦逊；端庄

短语

例句

• 1

  ‘Anyone else would have done the same thing,’ he said with typical modesty.

  换了谁都会这么做的。”他带着一贯的谦虚说道。

• 2

  There were shrieks of embarrassment as the girls struggled to protect their modesty.

  竭力保持着端庄形象的女孩们发出了尴尬的尖叫。

同根词

adj.modest谦虚的，谦逊的；适度的；端庄的；羞怯的

同近义词

n.谦逊；质朴；稳重

humility / humbleness /