Unassuming
[ʌnə'sjuːmɪŋ] or ['ʌnə'sʊmɪŋ]
解释:
(a.) Not assuming; not bold or forward; not arrogant or presuming; humble; modest; retiring; as, an unassuming youth; unassuming manners.
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同义词及近义词：
a. Modest, humble, unpretending.
整理:诺里斯
解释:
adj. not assuming: not forward or arrogant: modest.
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例句:
- He was already the scientific lion of England, but withal a very modest and unassuming lion. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The Wrights, still quiet and unassuming, suddenly jumped into fame. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- At present she is modest and unassuming: let us keep her so. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- She is fourteen years old, light-haired, blue-eyed, unassuming and pretty. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- He is perfectly well behaved, polite, and unassuming, said her uncle. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- She was less handsome than her brother; but there was sense and good humour in her face, and her manners were perfectly unassuming and gentle. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Then is she kind and cruel, stately and unassuming, various, beautifully wilful. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Ere he has been master of Fieldhead a year all the district will feel his quiet influence, and acknowledge his unassuming superiority. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Yet, having already made his fortune in his own mind, he was so unassuming with it that I felt quite grateful to him for not being puffed up. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
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