modest

• The holists reject the piecemeal approach as being too modest .
  整体主义者反对渐进方法，认为它太温和。
• He is too modest .
  他谦虚得过分。
• After making a few modest remarks he finally promised to do the work .
  他谦虚了一番，终于接受了这项工作。
• On the whole, i wish to look upon her as modest and becoming .
  不过总的说来，我觉得她还是个规矩、正派的姑娘。
• They have contributed with their modest means very useful results .
  他们使用简单的工具，贡献了很有价值的结果。
• We sit down to a supper of corned-beef hash or some other modest fare .
  我们坐下来吃一顿咸牛肉或其他菜式素净的晚饭。
• He had always been modest and prudent and remained so after he had become famous .
  他一向谦虚谨慎，成名之后仍然如此。
• The eyes of even the most modest women light up the moment hope is born .
  在希望产生之时，连最羞怯的妇女也会双目炯炯。
• Such an empire might have satisfied a man of modest ambition .
  对于一个野心适度的人来说，这样的一个帝国是可以满足他的。
• The crash on wall street reverberated in modest and rich households alike .
  华尔街的崩溃波及每一个家庭，不论是贫的还是富的。