Being a household name, the director is still modest about his achievements.
作为一个家喻户晓的人物，这个导演对自己的成就仍然很谦虚。
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。
It seemed so modest a request that the principal tree at once agreed to it.
看来他的请求非常谦虚，立刻得到了树的首领的同意。
He's modest, as well as being a great player.
他是一个谦虚而且出色的运动员。
More learned a man is, the more modest he usually is.
人越博学，就越谦虚。
The engineer is thought to be capable and modest, so his promotion to manager is a popular appointment.
大家认为这个工程师既有能力又谦虚，所以任命他当经理这个决定深得人心。
He achieved some modest victories, pressuring the city to open a jobs center in the neighborhood, demanding action to remove asbestos from a housing estate.
他取得了一些温和的胜利，向市政府施压，要求在附近开设一个就业中心，并要求采取行动，从一个住宅区清除石棉。
The research was carried out on a modest scale.
这个研究项目开展的规模不算太大。
They had spent the night at a modest hotel.
他们在一家普通的旅馆过夜。
He charged a relatively modest fee.
他收取的费用不算高。
The firm will be able to pay off its debts and still turn a modest profit.
该公司将能够还清其债务，而且还会稍有赢利。
The result reflects a modest rightward shift in opinion.
结果显示舆论略微右倾。
The garter was so bashful, so modest, and thought it was a strange question to answer.
袜带是那么羞怯、那么谦虚，不过，这个问题回答起来很奇怪。
In my guidelines for saving the environment, I suggest modest changes, like eating vegetarian meals two days a week.
在我的拯救环境指南中，我建议适度改变，比如每周吃两天素食。
So all these help to create an attitude of conformity in the community, and you can see why a modest, a very plain style would have become so widely imitated throughout rural New England.
因此，所有这些都有助于在社区中形成一种从众的态度，你也可以明白为什么这种谦逊的、非常朴素的风格会在新英格兰农村地区被如此广泛地模仿。
The company also offers a repair program for their customers for a modest fee.
该公司还为他们的客户提供一项费用适中的维修计划。
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。
Nearly every movie theater, however modest, had a piano or organ to provide musical accompaniment to silent pictures.
几乎每家电影院都有钢琴或风琴为无声电影伴奏，无论这些电影院多么简陋。
At an appointed time, he picked me up in a modest sedan with one of those giant pizza-delivery prisms.
在约定的时间，他开着一辆普通的轿车来接我，车顶上装着一个巨大的披萨外送的棱柱。
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