
| Lĩnh vực: xây dựng |
Xem thêm: small, humble, low, lowly, small, meek, mild, minor, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized, restrained, unostentatious
modest adj.
1 not having a high opinion of your own abilities
VERBS be, look, seem
ADV. extremely, very | quite | genuinely | falsely She would be falsely modest not to acknowledge that she had come a very long way since those early days.
PREP. about He is modest about his achievements.
2 not very large, expensive, important, etc.
VERBS be, seem Our requirements seem fairly modest.
ADV. extremely, very | comparatively, fairly, pretty, quite, rather, relatively | apparently | admittedly He is looking to improve on his admittedly modest achievements so far. | surprisingly
adj.
a modest apartment
too modest to wear his medals
a modest salary
modest inflation
helped in my own small way
comfortable but modest cottages
a simple rectangular brick building
a simple man with simple tastes
a humble cottage
a lowly parish priest
a modest man of the people
small beginnings
meek and self-effacing
a small business
a newspaper with a modest circulation
small-scale plans
a pocket-size country
the restrained elegance of the room