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modest

/mod-ist/US // ˈmɒd ɪst //UK // (ˈmɒdɪst) //

谦虚,谦虚的,谦逊的,谦逊

Related Words

prudent审慎的,谨慎的,慎重的,慎重simple简单,简单的,单纯的,单纯humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静unassuming不起眼的,朴实无华,不起眼,朴实无华的moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的inexpensive价格低廉,便宜的,价格低廉的,廉价的reasonable合理的,合理,有道理,有道理的small小,小型,小的,小型的bashful腼腆的,腼腆,羞涩的,羞涩blushing脸红,脸红心跳,脸红了,脸红脖子粗chaste贞洁,坚贞,贞操,贞节coy腼腆,忸怩作态,腼腆的,忸怩demure腼腆,假正经的,假正经,假装diffident心虚的人,心浮气躁,心虚,心浮气燥discreet谨慎,谨慎的,慎重,慎重的lowly卑微的,卑贱的,卑微地,卑微meek温顺,温顺的,温文尔雅,温柔nice不错的,很好,很好的,不错proper适当的,适当,恰当的,恰当

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
    • : free from ostentation or showy extravagance: a modest house.
    • : having or showing regard for the decencies of behavior, speech, dress, etc.; decent: a modest neckline on a dress.
    • : limited or moderate in amount, extent, etc.: a modest increase in salary.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.shy
Synonyms
humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的prudent审慎的,谨慎的,慎重的,慎重quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静simple简单,简单的,单纯的,单纯unassuming不起眼的,朴实无华,不起眼,朴实无华的bashful腼腆的,腼腆,羞涩的,羞涩blushing脸红,脸红心跳,脸红了,脸红脖子粗chaste贞洁,坚贞,贞操,贞节coy腼腆,忸怩作态,腼腆的,忸怩demure腼腆,假正经的,假正经,假装diffident心虚的人,心浮气躁,心虚,心浮气燥discreet谨慎,谨慎的,慎重,慎重的lowly卑微的,卑贱的,卑微地,卑微meek温顺,温顺的,温文尔雅,温柔nice不错的,很好,很好的,不错proper适当的,适当,恰当的,恰当reserved保留,保留的,保留的权利resigned辞职,辞职了,辞去职务,辞职后reticent沉默寡言,寡言少语,缄默不语,缄默retiring撤退,退休,撤退时,撤退的时候seemly貌似,看起来,似乎,貌合神离self-conscious自觉的,自觉,自觉性,自觉地self-effacing谦虚,谦虚谨慎,谦虚的,自谦sheepish怯懦的,胆小的,胆小如鼠,怯懦silent无声无息,无声的,无声,沉默temperate温带的,温带,有温度的,有节制的timid怯懦,懦弱,怯懦的,胆怯unassertive不善言辞的人,不善言辞,不自信,不自信的人unassured无保障,无保证,无担保,无保障的unboastful毫不夸张,毫不夸张的说,毫不夸张地说,毫不夸张地unobtrusive不显眼的,不起眼的,不显眼,不引人注意的unpresuming不加思索,不加思索的,不加掩饰,不加掩饰的unpretending朴实无华,朴素,朴实无华的,朴素无华unpretentious朴实无华,谦逊,谦虚,朴素withdrawing撤回,退出,提取,撤出
Antonyms
brave勇敢的,勇敢的人,勇敢地,勇敢complex复杂的,复杂,复合,复合体complicated复杂的,复杂,错综复杂的,错综复杂intricate复杂的,错综复杂的,错综复杂,复杂arrogant傲慢的,傲慢,嚣张的,嚣张assured保证,保证的,保证了,保证人bold大胆,黑体,大胆的,黑体字conceited自负的,自负,自负的人,自以为是courageous勇敢的,勇敢,勇敢地,勇猛的egotistical自负的,自负,自大,自大的人extraordinary非凡,非凡的,非常规的,不寻常的immodest不谦虚,不谦虚的,不雅观,不雅观的ostentatious浮夸,夸夸其谈,夸张,夸张的presumptuous胆大妄为,妄自尊大,冒昧的,妄自菲薄proud骄傲,骄傲的,自豪,骄傲地说self-confident自信,自信的,自信的人,自以为是unabashed不加掩饰,不加掩饰的,不讳言,毫不掩饰unashamed无愧于心,不耻下问,无耻,毫无愧色unlimited无限的,无限,无限制,无限制的
adj.limited, ordinary
Synonyms
humble卑微的,谦逊的,谦虚,谦卑的inexpensive价格低廉,便宜的,价格低廉的,廉价的moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的reasonable合理的,合理,有道理,有道理的simple简单,简单的,单纯的,单纯small小,小型,小的,小型的average平均,平均数,平均水平,平均而言cheap廉价,廉价的,便宜的,便宜discreet谨慎,谨慎的,慎重,慎重的dry干,干燥的,干燥,干式economical经济,经济性,经济的,经济实惠fair公平,公正,公平的,公正的inelaborate勉为其难,勉强,不够仔细,勉为其难的middling中等水平,中等,中等水平的,中等规模natural自然,自然的,天然的,天然plain朴素的,普通的,朴素,平凡的unadorned不加修饰的,不加修饰,朴实无华,朴素的unaffected未受影响,不受影响,未受影响的,不受影响的unembellished不加修饰的,不加修饰,未加修饰的,不加装饰的unembroidered不绣花,不绣的,无绣花,不绣unexceptional不平凡,平平无奇,平凡的,不寻常unexcessive不胜其烦,不够用,不胜枚举,不够多unextravagant毫不夸张,不奢侈的,不奢侈,不加修饰的unextreme无极限,无极,无限的,无限极unobtrusive不显眼的,不起眼的,不显眼,不引人注意的unornamented朴实无华,朴素的,无装饰的,朴实无华的unostentatious毫不夸张地说,毫不夸张的说,毫不夸张,毫不夸张地unpretentious朴实无华,谦逊,谦虚,朴素unradical非激进,非激进的,非激进派,非激进分子unstudied未研究过的,未经研究的,未研究的,未被研究
Antonyms
expensive贵的,贵重,贵,贵价outrageous匪夷所思的,匪夷所思,匪夷所思的事,匪夷所思的事情unreasonable不合情理的,不合情理,不合理的,不合常理arrogant傲慢的,傲慢,嚣张的,嚣张assured保证,保证的,保证了,保证人bold大胆,黑体,大胆的,黑体字brave勇敢的,勇敢的人,勇敢地,勇敢conceited自负的,自负,自负的人,自以为是courageous勇敢的,勇敢,勇敢地,勇猛的egotistical自负的,自负,自大,自大的人extraordinary非凡,非凡的,非常规的,不寻常的immodest不谦虚,不谦虚的,不雅观,不雅观的ostentatious浮夸,夸夸其谈,夸张,夸张的presumptuous胆大妄为,妄自尊大,冒昧的,妄自菲薄proud骄傲,骄傲的,自豪,骄傲地说self-confident自信,自信的,自信的人,自以为是unabashed不加掩饰,不加掩饰的,不讳言,毫不掩饰unashamed无愧于心,不耻下问,无耻,毫无愧色unlimited无限的,无限,无限制,无限制的

Examples

  • They say the need is by far the greatest among these modest-income families and the economic boost will be much larger if the money goes to lower-income families because they are likely to spend it right away.

  • You would have made more money by using that money to buy a modest house, as the median American home has appreciated more than that over that timeframe.

  • Not for the first time, bold climate plans require modest financial risks.

  • Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona don’t seem inclined to support even modest filibuster reform, at least right now.

  • On days when the surf is firing—or when I’m feeling more modest—it’s nice to have a reliable one-piece that I know will stay in place no matter how big the wave or wipeout.

  • And there are other stories DuVernay could have told and still met her (relatively) modest budget of $20 million.

  • How does it happen that citizens of modest means suffer as public sector unions gain?

  • A modest crowd moved East on 110th Street in New York City on Sunday evening.

  • It was sexy, silly, and—in those relatively modest times—sensational.

  • I knew the Clintons had arrived at the White House with modest means.

  • It was not an exalted niche to fill in life, but at least she had learned to fill it to perfection, and her ambitions were modest.

  • It would be a modest guess that Accadian culture implied a growth of at least ten thousand years.

  • Little Jack Charmington, her husband, had a snug four hundred a year of his own, which quite sufficed for his modest needs.

  • She seemed to imply that I was a modest soldier, and if there is a way to flatter a man it is to call him modest.

  • Thank you, Griff, Jess heard herself saying to the younger Vandergriff, as he packed her modest order in the basket.

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