The Mission Church, as the 19th-century building is locally known, towers over modest red-brick and wood-frame houses in a district that is as unpretentious as it is diverse.
当地著名的19世纪建筑天主教堂，坐落在房屋风格朴素无华但丰富多元的区域，高塔昂首挺立于一片幽静的红砖木结构住宅之上。
Even a modest force, if sustained over a long time, would do.
如果它持续很长的时间的话，即使风力不大也可以做到。
For by and large they are sticking-plasters, applied in the hope that the recession will soon be over and the industrial restructuring that follows will be modest.
大体而言，它们就是狗皮膏药，适用于“衰退会很快结束，随之会进行产业温和重建”这样的希望中。
These companies have stable earnings, modest valuations and yields that beat anything on offer from the Treasury, considering the ability of dividends to grow with earnings over time.
这几家公司盈利稳定，估值适中，而且考虑到股息也将随利润而水涨船高，其股息也高于美国国债能提供的任何收益。
But over time the latter has consistently been revised up, suggesting that any overstatement is modest.
但是经过一段时间，后者会被一致地修改，这表明任何夸大其实都是在适度的范围内。
So here is a modest proposal to liven up the next European council meeting, on 9 December. Over dinner, let Merkel present her vision of German Europe (more tactfully: German vision for Europe).
所以，这有一个关于使下一次于12月9日召开的欧洲议会会议活跃起来的谦虚提议。在宴会上，让默克尔介绍她的德国欧洲版本(非常机智地；德国的关于欧洲的版本。)
Mr Humala also promises to give a modest non-contributory pension to the 1.2m Peruvians over 65 who, he says, do not have one.
乌玛拉先生还承诺给予120万名65岁以上没有养老金的老年人以非缴款养老金。
But its impact on households was modest, because only 30% of the population held shares, compared with over half of Americans.
而这对住房还贷的影响还是算温和的了，因为只有30％的人持有股票，而美国则超过半数。
On both sides of the road rubble towers over his modest parish car.
吴神父开着他那辆不大的教区汽车，路旁堆满了高高的瓦砾。
Rather than promise to buy a large amount of bonds by a certain date, the Fed will probably announce more modest amounts over shorter periods, predicating future instalments on the outlook.
美联储将可能在短期内发布更多的小数目的款项，以观望态度预计未来的分批支出，而不是承诺在某个确定时间购买大量的国债。
Over the years, he and his wife donated so much back from their modest aid-worker salaries that they were among the top Hunger Project donors in New York.
几年间，他和他的妻子从他们不多的援助工作薪水中捐助很多，成为纽约市“消灭饥饿计划”捐助最多者之一。
They live in a modest apartment in Williamsburg, and often have friends over at night to play German board games.
他们住在威廉斯堡一所简朴的公寓中，经常和朋友通宵的玩德国棋盘游戏。
But they see little point in pursuing legal action over the relatively modest sums involved.
但他们觉得，就所涉及不多的金额采取法律行动没什么意义。
But over time the national total has consistently been revised up, suggesting that any overstatement is modest.
但是随着时间的推移，全国总量不断上调，表明任何的夸大程度都不大。
Despite modest declines in arrivals to Australia over recent months, Australia continues to out-perform many competing destinations and as a result has gained market share.
在最近几个月尽管入境游客略微有所下降，但澳大利亚旅游业仍比许多竞争目的地表现要好，而市场占有率也有所增加。
Until 2004 China's surplus was relatively modest, but it soared over the next two years (see chart 2).
直到2004年中国的贸易顺差都是先对适中的，但在随后两年却突飞猛进。
Yet modest water storage can hugely improve yields in rain-fed agriculture, by smoothing over short dry spells.
然而，少量的储水就能缓解短暂干旱季节的用水紧张，从而大大提高雨养农业的产量。
Then emerging Asia could see annual growth of almost 7% over the next five years (around 8% in China, a more modest 5% in the smaller economies).
那么随后5年新兴亚洲经济的年增长率将近7%(中国8%，较小经济体近乎在5%左右)。
According to Mr Setser’s figures, over the past three months China’s American assets showed no growth for the first time in many years—despite the modest increase in reserves.
根据Setser的数据在过去三个月是这些年来首次中国的美国资产没有增长——尽管外汇储备有适度的增长。
Although employment in the building industry has fallen by over 20,000 in each of the past two months, the drops are modest compared with the collapse in construction spending.
虽然建筑行业的就业人数在过去的两个月中，每月下降超过2万人，比起建筑投入的大幅消减，这一降幅算是十分温和了。
These factors should be enough to allow equities to weather the credit gloom - and they may even make modest gains over the year as a whole.
这些因素应该足以让股市挺过这场信贷危机，而整体而言，上市公司甚至可能在这一年里实现温和收益。
But while elevating some Italians from rather modest roles, Benedict passed over the Archbishop of Rio DE Janeiro who CARES for more than 3.5m souls.
但是，在相对合适的候选者里提拔一些意大利主教成为枢机主教时，本笃十六世忽略了关心350万信徒的里约热内卢大主教。
Sandy Weill, recently retired from Citigroup, has committed himself to a deal he “made with God” over his modest $1.4 billion stash.
刚刚从花旗银行退下来的森迪威尔也有此念，他一心要将他不算特别丰厚的14亿家产散之于人，这是他“和上帝的约定”。
From its modest beginnings, the group has grown to over 50 members who meet twice a year.
从低微的起点，该组织已成长到50多个成员，他们每年举行两次会议。
Setting qualification for the Beijing Olympics as a modest first goal, Lang refrained from over-estimating the ability of the US team.
设置北京奥运会资格作为一个温和的第一个目标，朗没有高估了我们团队的能力。
Setting qualification for the Beijing Olympics as a modest first goal, Lang refrained from over-estimating the ability of the US team.
设置北京奥运会资格作为一个温和的第一个目标，朗没有高估了我们团队的能力。
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