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modicum

/mod-i-kuhm, moh-di-/US // ˈmɒd ɪ kəm, ˈmoʊ dɪ- //UK // (ˈmɒdɪkəm) //

谦虚,谦逊,谦卑,谦和

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a moderate or small amount: He hasn't even a modicum of common sense.

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Examples

  • He experienced a modicum of the success and notoriety that many of his musical successors reap the benefits from today.

  • There was—in the bigger cities, especially Kabul—a modicum of freedom for certain individuals, like a lot of Afghans raised abroad or who had been refugees in Pakistan and Iran, and then for whatever reason had come back to Afghanistan.

  • This enabled a modicum of close air support, but it was far from cutting edge.

  • They are asked to present a modicum of virtue that the chimpanzee alpha does not care about.

  • Medium also plans to introduce more stringent eligibility requirements that will require new Partner Program participants to secure a modicum of traction on the platform before they can make any money.

  • The U.S. government should expedite their cases while showing some modicum of flexibility in reviewing their documentation.

  • If I am dressed “modestly,” then they can perhaps generate a modicum of understanding.

  • Robbie was rejected by his brothers and sisters, and only his mother showed a modicum of sympathy.

  • Jobs must have had at least a modicum of decency, or he never would have called the Rose family in the first place.

  • He has failed to give Texans even the modicum of respect required to actively scam them.

  • A modicum of mental training would have led him to say, “Kindly send me your Prospectus.”

  • The only forces appealed to were the fear of punishment and a modicum of religious exhortation.

  • Even waste and misuse are regulated by education and experience where there is even a modicum of intelligence.

  • A rather absurd little modicum of jam is also served out, but it serves to sweeten a biscuit.

  • I am master of my profession, and I have a certain modicum of business ability, as well as common sense.