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词组 modesty
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modesty /ˈmɒdəsti, ˈmɒdɪsti $ ˈmɑː-/ noun a modest way of behaving or talkingadjectivesgreat modesty He spoke with great modesty about his achievements.natural modesty His shyness and natural modesty prevented him from boasting about his success.false modesty (=when someone pretends to be modest) This is no time for false modesty – you should be proud of your achievement.verbsmodesty prevents sb from doing sth also modesty forbids often humorous (=you do not want to talk about something because you are too modest) Modesty prevents me from mentioning my own part in the team’s success.phraseswith typical/characteristic modesty “Anyone else would have done the same thing,” he said with typical modesty.
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