常用短语

参考例句

1. Modesty helps one to make progress, conceit makes one lag behind.

   虚心使人进步，骄傲使人落后。

2. He behaved with a becoming modesty /with a modesty becoming his junior position.

   他举止间有一种颇为适度的谦恭[有一种适合於其下级地位的谦恭].

3. Her modesty prevented her from making her real feelings known to him.

   她由于羞怯未曾向他吐露真情实意。

4. I' d like to tell you all about my success but modesty forbids.

   我并非不愿将成绩一一相告, 只是君子不自尚其功.

5. What we like the most about the great man is his modesty .

   对那位伟人,我们最喜欢他的谦虚。

6. You are just the person for the job. Don't decline out of modesty .

   你做这工作再合适不过, 不要谦让了。

7. Immodest words admit of no defense, for want of modesty is want of sense.

   言谈傲慢，唯有一种解释：不够谦虚，来自缺乏见识。

8. Their pride seems to be more inordinate for their modesty .

   他们的骄傲似乎因为他们的谦逊而更加咄咄逼人。

9. Henry's modesty has seemed to hostile critics a form of conceit on a gigantic scale.

   亨利的谦虚，在怀有敌意的批评家看起来，似乎是狂妄自大的最高表现。

10. They never lost their modesty when honours were showered upon them.

    尽管各种荣誉接踵而至，他们始终保持谦虚的美德。

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