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modestly adv.谨慎地；谦虚地；适当地 (1) 2003年另一项研究则是更为谨慎地把世界GDP的收益估计在近10%25。(2) 姑娘受到表扬时，谦虚地垂下了眼睛。(3) 我们是些年青人,都谦恭地坐在后面,始终不敢发言。 When you act in an unpretentious way, you act modestly, and when you do something in the simplest way possible, you also do it modestly. The adjective modest can mean both "humble" and "small." Modesty and modest come from the Latin modestia, "sense of honor," or "correctness of conduct," from the root word modus, "measure or manner."

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英 ['mɒdɪstli] 美 ['mɒdɪstli] (1) Another study in 2003 more modestly put the gains to world GDP at nearly 10%.(2) The girl cast down her eyes modestly when she was praised.(3) Be youngster, we sit modestly at the back, never daring to speak. To do something modestly is to do it in a humble way, without showing off. After her play's successful opening night, a playwright might choose to sit modestly in the audience rather than going on stage to bow.

英语单词	modestly
英美音标	英 ['mɒdɪstli] 美 ['mɒdɪstli]
中文释义	adv.谨慎地；谦虚地；适当地
英语例句	(1) Another study in 2003 more modestly put the gains to world GDP at nearly 10%. (2) The girl cast down her eyes modestly when she was praised. (3) Be youngster, we sit modestly at the back, never daring to speak.
中文例句	(1) 2003年另一项研究则是更为谨慎地把世界GDP的收益估计在近10%25。 (2) 姑娘受到表扬时，谦虚地垂下了眼睛。 (3) 我们是些年青人,都谦恭地坐在后面,始终不敢发言。
vocabulary简明	To do something modestly is to do it in a humble way, without showing off. After her play's successful opening night, a playwright might choose to sit modestly in the audience rather than going on stage to bow.
vocabulary扩展	When you act in an unpretentious way, you act modestly, and when you do something in the simplest way possible, you also do it modestly. The adjective modest can mean both "humble" and "small." Modesty and modest come from the Latin modestia, "sense of honor," or "correctness of conduct," from the root word modus, "measure or manner."

Modestly Sit Act Modest 英 Mɒdɪstli] 美 Mɒdɪstli Adv.谨慎地；谦虚地；适当地