Modesty
['mɒdɪstɪ] or ['mɑdəsti]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) formality and propriety of manner.
(noun.) freedom from vanity or conceit.
編輯:纽曼--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit.
(n.) Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action.
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同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Unobtrusiveness, meekness, humility, retiring disposition, freedom from presumption.[2]. Chastity, purity.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Sobriety, diffidence, bashfulness, humility, pure-mindedness
ANT:Vanity, conceit, self-sufficiency, self-admiration, foppery, coxcombry,wantonness, shamelessness, effrontery
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例句/造句/用法:
- She did not affect modesty, nor appear in the least offended at my intrusion. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- With graceful modesty each gentleman retired a step from the presented weapon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Much cant have I heard and read about 'maiden modesty,' but, properly used, and not hackneyed, the words are good and appropriate words. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Mr. Kenge also came to speak to us and did the honours of the place in much the same way, with the bland modesty of a proprietor. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I am no farther interested than as a spectator, said he, with a modesty, admirable, as I thought, to witness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- One does not blush to show modesty or embarrassment to others, but because the capillary circulation alters in response to stimuli. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Before the winter was far advanced, it is actually on record that Emmy took a night and received company with great propriety and modesty. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Edison's modesty has allowed us but one remark on the subject. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- This innate modesty, however, does not prevent Edison from recognizing and classifying his own methods of investigation. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- But Bingley has great natural modesty, with a stronger dependence on my judgement than on his own. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- After rendering this general tribute to the port, Mr. Snagsby in his modesty coughs an apology behind his hand for drinking anything so precious. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Few letters home of successful men or women display the graces of modesty and self-forgetfulness. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Why, he was a poor creature to be taken by that delicate mock-modesty, and that hanging head! 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Now is not the _want of sense_ (where a man is so unfortunate as to want it) some apology for his _want of modesty_? 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- And now he paid his respects to Mrs. Pryor, and paid them well, with a grave modesty that became his age compared with hers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
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