The negative reply to a compliment is considered in Chinese as modest and courteous.
对赞扬的否定回答在汉语中被视为谦虚有礼貌。
For all the criticism of Nafta, most economists assess its impact on American workers as modest.
尽管有对北美自由贸易协定的种种批评，但大多数经济学家评估其对美国工人的影响并不太大。
His home in Singapore is described as modest, small and one with an atap roof. Where did he build this house?
他在新加坡的住所被形容为普通、小型的亚答屋。建在哪里？
According to a new study, such advertising may have no effect at all on sales - at best the impact has been described as modest.
据最近的研究发现，这些广告在销售中可能没有起到效果- - -充其量只能说是在一定程度上适当的作用。
Overall, one may therefore characterize the export performance as modest, though in value terms this has been masked by the recent commodity price boom," he said.
整体而言，非洲国家的出口情况适度，尽管最近商品价格猛涨掩盖了这种适度增长的实际价值。
Mr Eng says that the savings he has made by ending the "old systems of patronage" allow him to spend money on new social programmes instead, such as modest handouts for the elderly.
林冠英称通过结束“陈旧的任免体制”节省下来的开支可以用来花费到新的社会计划中，比如给老年人发放适度的救济金。
Mr Eng says that the savings he has made by ending the “old systems of patronage” allow him to spend money on new social programmes instead, such as modest handouts for the elderly.
林冠英称通过结束“陈旧的任免体制”节省下来的开支可以用来花费到新的社会计划中，比如给老年人发放适度的救济金。
He was still very modest though he was recognized as the best student in our class.
虽然被选为我们班最优秀的学生，但是他仍然非常谦虚。
Parliament used British tax money to pay modest incentives to Americans producing such items as silk, iron, dyes, hemp, and lumber.
国会利用英国的税收资金，给予生产丝绸、铁、染料、大麻和木材等产品的美国人适度的鼓励。
He's modest, as well as being a great player.
他是一个谦虚而且出色的运动员。
Though he is regarded as one of the best students in the class, he is still very modest.
虽然他被认为是班上最好的学生之一，但是他仍然非常谦虚。
As long as you understand that any potential benefit is modest and subject to further refinement, taking a daily multivitamin makes a lot of sense.
只要你明白任何潜在的益处都是适度的，而且还有待进一步完善，每天服用多种维生素就很有意义。
In Lagos, foreign oil workers can pay as much as $65,000 per year in rent for a modest apartment in a safe part of town.
在拉各斯，外国石油工人每年需要支付高达6.5万美元的租金才能在镇上一个安全的地段租到一套普通公寓。
With Cuicuilco eliminated as a potential rival, any one of a number of relatively modest towns might have emerged as a leading economic and political power in Central Mexico.
随着Cuicuilco作为一个潜在的竞争对手被淘汰，一些相对不太大的城镇中，任何一个都有可能成为墨西哥中部主要的经济和政治力量。
As solar storms go, the Valentine's Day flare was actually modest.
就太阳风暴而言，情人节这天的耀斑其实算温和的。
Italy has fewer foreign debts than the other troubled euro-zone countries, as it ran only modest current-account deficits in the boom years.
与其他困难重重的欧元区国家相比，因为意大利在经济繁荣年份只持有适度的经常账户赤字，所以，其国外债务也更少。
Neither can most job creation be seen as the outcome of modest establishment-level growth rates.
而大多数的岗位创造也不能被视为机构层级的温和增长率的结果。
He dismissed the yuan's gains so far as too modest.
他指出迄今人民币的升值太过温和。
If the server runs only Apache, you can use modest values as shown in Listing 1, because you're able to make full use of the machine.
如果服务器仅运行Apache，那么可以使用适中的值，如清单1所示，因为这样就能充分利用机器。
As we entered his modest house he beckoned us onto his bed, unbuttoned his shirt and turned on an asthmatic fan.
我们进入他简朴的家时，他招呼我们到床上去，解开他的衬衫，打开一台呼哧作响的风扇。
Some of the common proposals are likely to have only modest effects, such as requiring restaurant menus to disclose calories.
一些普通的提议只可能产生中等的效果，比如要求餐馆在菜单上标明食物所含热量。
But people who have modest IQs also benefit from education, as does society.
但中等智力的人士也同样受益于教育，全社会亦是如此。
Conservative cooking such as steaming or boiling causes only modest loss of some nutrients, such as folate, while enhancing the bioavailability of others, such as carotenoids.
保守烹饪如蒸，煮只造成少量的营养物质损失如叶酸，而加强了对其他物质的生物利用度，如类胡萝卜素。
In negotiations with the branch chief, she made a pitch for a modest budget increase as well as for greater equality between departments.
通过与部门主管的谈判，她想办法将预算调高了一些，同时也在部门之间争取了更多的平等待遇。
Ask what emboldens her, as a black woman of modest origins, to challenge the sophisticates of Washington, and she answers like a shot: her deep Baptist faith.
当问起是什么鼓舞着她，作为一位有着谦逊血统的黑人妇女，去挑战华盛顿的那些精明世故之人，她会毫不犹豫的回答：是她深厚的浸信信仰。
More modest plans, such as the extension of branch canals in the Nile delta, have worked much better.
较为温和的计划，比如延伸尼罗河三角洲运河分支，效果要好的多。
More modest plans, such as the extension of branch canals in the Nile delta, have worked much better.
较为温和的计划，比如延伸尼罗河三角洲运河分支，效果要好的多。
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