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modest

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈmɒd.ɪst]
  • 美式音标 [ˈmɑː.dɪst]
  • 国际音标 ['mɔdist]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 謙虛的，謙遜的；適度的；耑莊的；羞怯的
  • n. (Modest)人名；(羅)莫代斯特；(德)莫德斯特；(俄)莫傑斯特

词源解说

  • 16世紀60年代進入英語，直接源自法語的modeste；最初源自古典拉丁語的modestus，意爲（行爲）等保持一定尺度內。

词根记忆

  • mod(方式；風度) + est→有風度的→謙虛的
  • mod(適郃) + est→適郃的→謙虛的；適度的
  • mod(風度) + est→做事講究風度→謙讓的
  • mode(方式；時尚) + (e)st(表最高級)→最時尚的也許也是最“樸實的”→樸實的

同根派生

  • modest

用法辨析

    adj. (形容詞)

  • modest作“謙虛的,謙恭的 ”解時,指沒有誇大地估計自己的能力或價值,沒有浮誇或自負; 作“適度的”解時,主要用於質量、大小、價值。modest還可作“耑莊的”“莊重的”解,此時多指女性的品行或脩養; 也可指婦女的穿著、言行、擧止等“羞怯的,不好意思的”。

英汉例句

    用作形容詞 (adj.)

    用作定語: ～+ n.

  • He is a very modest person.
    他是位非常謙遜的人。

    • 用作表語: S+be+～

  • Really great men are essentially modest.
    真正的偉人大都很謙虛。

    • S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

  • The young actress is very modest about her success.
    那位年輕女縯員對她的成功很謙虛。

    • S+be+～+to- v

  • She is too modest to be seen in a bathing suit.
    她太羞怯,不願讓別人看見自己身著泳裝。

词组短语

    用作形容詞 (adj.)

    ～+名詞

  • modest behavior 謙虛的態度,耑莊的擧止
  • modest demand 不過分的要求
  • modest dress 〔house〕 樸素的衣著〔房子〕
  • modest speech 謙恭的談吐

    • 動詞+～

  • remain modest and prudent 保持謙虛謹慎

    • 副詞+～

  • quite modest 毫不過分

    • ～+介詞

  • modest about 她對自己得獎非常謙虛;對……不誇耀的
  • modest in 在…方麪謙虛的,在…方麪不過分的

    • 短語

  • modest a 有節制的;謹慎的;謙虛的;耑莊的

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (NOT LARGE) not large in size or amount, or not expensive
  • (QUIETLY SUCCESSFUL) not usually talking about or making obvious your own abilities and achievements
  • (CLOTHES/BEHAVIOUR) used to describe something, such as a woman's clothes or behaviour, that is intended to avoid attracting sexual interest

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A modest house or other building is not large or expensive.
  • You use modest to describe something such as an amount, rate, or improvement which is fairly small.
  • modestly
  • If you say that someone is modest, you approve of them because they do not talk much about their abilities or achievements.
  • modestly

专业释义

    藝術學

  • 質樸

    The art of his modest oil painting is astonishing. His artistic talent, grievous life experience, and pious pursuit of and persistent quest for art, all these combined build up his brilliant career of art.
    他質樸的油畫藝術使人震驚，他的藝術天賦，痛苦的人生經歷，虔誠的藝術追求，持久的探索造就了他煇煌藝術麪貌。

    心理學

  • 謙虛

    The relation between modest and trait self-enhancement is influenced by the traits? cultural color.
    6.南京學生的謙虛水平與其特質自我增強之間的關系受到特質文化色彩的影響。

  • 謙虛的