modesty

/mod-uh-stee/US // ˈmɒd ə sti //UK // (ˈmɒdɪstɪ) //

谦虚,谦逊,谦恭,谦虚谨慎

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural mod·es·ties.
- : the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
- : regard for decency of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
- : simplicity; moderation.

nounshyness

Synonyms

While that practice is accepted in the United States, it’s frowned upon in many other countries, where modesty is more culturally valued.
Advocates for greater modesty say mummies did not agree to have their bodies put on public display, and that cultural respect demands they be removed from view.
Scott did no damage to her reputation for extravagant modesty when she published, in her first-ever tweet, that she was “Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with Jeff.”
He once told me that modesty may be a public virtue, but it was not a private one.
Today, though, “judicial modesty is now very much out of fashion in conservative legal circles.”
Both reek of false modesty, but Deen does appear jumpy and genuinely anxious at times.
Mapei is soft-spoken, but that should not be mistaken for modesty.
The very limitations that we understand as modesty are erased by this process.
After Bates died, his successor at the RGS reflected, “I think his modesty was carried to a fault.”
Then again, my perception of modesty has been skewed ever since Katy Perry shot whip cream out of her bra, so who even knows.
She stripped off her mackintosh, as though she were stripping off her modesty, and stood before him revealed.

/mod-uh-stee/US // ˈmɒd ə sti //UK // (ˈmɒdɪstɪ) //

谦虚,谦逊,谦恭,谦虚谨慎

n.名词 noun

1
plural mod·es·ties.
- : the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
- : regard for decency of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
- : simplicity; moderation.

nounshyness

Synonyms

While that practice is accepted in the United States, it’s frowned upon in many other countries, where modesty is more culturally valued.
Advocates for greater modesty say mummies did not agree to have their bodies put on public display, and that cultural respect demands they be removed from view.
Scott did no damage to her reputation for extravagant modesty when she published, in her first-ever tweet, that she was “Grateful to have finished the process of dissolving my marriage with Jeff.”
He once told me that modesty may be a public virtue, but it was not a private one.
Today, though, “judicial modesty is now very much out of fashion in conservative legal circles.”
Both reek of false modesty, but Deen does appear jumpy and genuinely anxious at times.
Mapei is soft-spoken, but that should not be mistaken for modesty.
The very limitations that we understand as modesty are erased by this process.
After Bates died, his successor at the RGS reflected, “I think his modesty was carried to a fault.”
Then again, my perception of modesty has been skewed ever since Katy Perry shot whip cream out of her bra, so who even knows.
She stripped off her mackintosh, as though she were stripping off her modesty, and stood before him revealed.