| 正面 | 12176.modesty 英 ['mɒdɪstɪ]美 ['mɑdəsti]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. PIE root *ghel- "shine, glitter, glow" => Proto-Germanic *glim- => gleam, glimmer, glimpse.2. glimmer is a frequentative from Proto-Germanic *glim-, originally "shine brightly," Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly".3. PIE root *ghel- "shine, glitter, glow" => glow, glitter, glister, glisten, glint, glad.4. 光(拼音：guang <= g- + -uang) => gl- "流动的光". <= 类比：flow.5. 哥哥(路过垃圾堆时)在垃圾堆里捡到了一个闪闪发光的钻戒。n. 谦逊；质朴；稳重 例句： 1. "Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit," she said.“你表面谦虚，骨子里目中无人。”她说道。 modesty 谦虚，谦逊来自modest,谦虚的，谦逊的。 modesty (n.)1530s, "freedom from exaggeration, self-control," from Middle French modestie or directly from Latin modestia "moderation, sense of honor, correctness of conduct," from modestus "moderate, keeping measure, sober, gentle, temperate," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)). Meaning "quality of having a moderate opinion of oneself" is from 1550s; that of "womanly propriety" is from 1560s. La pudeur donne des plaisirs bien flatteurs à l'amant: elle lui fait sentir quelles lois l'on transgresse pour lui; (Modesty both pleases and flatters a lover, for it lays stress on the laws which are being transgressed for his sake.) [Stendhal "de l'Amour," 1822]" |