modest

modest /'mɔdist/
  • tính từ
    • khiêm tốn, nhún nhường, nhũn nhặn
      • the hero was very modest about his great deals: người anh hùng rất khiêm tốn về những chiến công to lớn của mình
    • thuỳ mị, nhu mì, e lệ
      • a modest girl: một cô gái nhu mì
    • vừa phải, phải chăng, có mức độ; bình thường, giản dị
      • my demands are quite modest: những yêu cầu của tôi rất là phải chăng
      • a modest little house: một căn nhà nhỏ bé giản dị

Lĩnh vực: xây dựng
 khiêm tốn

Xem thêm: small, humble, low, lowly, small, meek, mild, minor, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized, restrained, unostentatious



modest

Từ điển Collocation

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


Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself

    a modest apartment

    too modest to wear his medals

  • not large but sufficient in size or amount; small

    a modest salary

    modest inflation

    helped in my own small way

  • free from pomp or affectation

    comfortable but modest cottages

    a simple rectangular brick building

    a simple man with simple tastes

  • not offensive to sexual mores in conduct or appearance
  • low or inferior in station or quality; humble, low, lowly, small

    a humble cottage

    a lowly parish priest

    a modest man of the people

    small beginnings

  • humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; meek, mild

    meek and self-effacing

  • limited in size or scope; minor, small, small-scale, pocket-size, pocket-sized

    a small business

    a newspaper with a modest circulation

    small-scale plans

    a pocket-size country

  • free from ostentation or pretension; restrained, unostentatious

    the restrained elegance of the room


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: bashful humble plain quiet shy simple unpretentious

ant.: arrogant immodest