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。
His modest business eventually expanded into a supermarket empire.
他原先不大的生意后来扩展成了超级市场集团企业。
Now he fears that his modest successes there may be undermined if the violence in Gaza continues.
现在他开始担忧，如果加沙冲突继续恶化，他那些不足道的成就将会被破坏。
His modest kitchen also contains a new rice cooker and a lone light-bulb hanging from the ceiling.
他家简陋的厨房里还有一个电饭煲，屋顶上挂着一只电灯泡。
Tom is too comfortably ensconced in his modest, undemanding job ever to consider making a change.
汤姆安乐于他那既无过高要求也不太费劲的工作而不曾想做任何改变。
(expand) After continuous efforts, his modest business eventually expanded into a supermarket enterprise.
经过不懈的努力，他原先不大的生意后来扩展成了超级企业。
His modest brain isn't quite up to speed and even if it was, he has very little control of his tiny tongue.
他不太强大的脑子还不太跟得上速度，就算能跟上，他对自己的小舌头也只有微弱的控制力。
He takes his winnings and goes to the blackjack table and turns his modest winnings into a million dollars.
他把赢得的钱拿到牌桌上玩21点，在那里他赢了一百万美元。
For my father, who saved or gave away so much of his modest income, the ultimate pejorative was "big spender."
我的父亲，为了他收入不高的工作保留和放弃很多，这样做的根本就是他是一个巨大的挥霍者。
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。
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”。
Gary Locke has become a minor celebrity in China for his modest, unassuming lifestyle, drawing the apparent ire of state-run outlets.
骆家辉因为他谦逊随和的态度在中国大受欢迎，而中国官方媒体对此十分不满。
As we sat facing each other across the desk in his modest office, he told me that the money he had made was for society, not for himself.
他的办公室很普通，我们在办公桌面对面坐下，他告诉我说，他赚的钱是为了社会，而不是为他自己。
Yet even his modest concessions to an elected parliament acknowledge the ultimately irresistible potency of the trend towards empowering the people.
尽管他只向民选议会做了有限让步，这也证明，最终还权于民之势不可阻挡。
According to the Daily Mail, Graham Lane, a 65-year-old electrician in Worcester, UK, kept enough weapons in his modest home to start a real small war.
据《每日邮报》报道，现年65岁的电工格拉汉姆·莱恩住在英国伍斯特郡，在他本不富裕的家里竟然藏有很多武器，足以发动一场小型战争。
Older than many of the other students, he initially struggled with the curriculum and endured frequent ridicule for his modest background and relatively poor education.
因为比其他同学年长，对所学课程一开始就感觉吃力，同时因为其朴素的背景和相对差的文化素质，他经常被人嘲笑。
When Alexey Pajitnov put the finishing touches on Tetris 26 years ago Saturday, he had no way of knowing his modest video game would become Russia's most entertaining export.
26年前的一个周六，当阿列克谢·帕基特诺夫敲完俄罗斯方块游戏程序的最后几个代码时，他根本想不到这个不起眼的视频游戏将成为俄罗斯最引人入胜的出口产品。
On conditionthat he not be identified by his real name, Majia agreed two weeks agoto allow a reporter to visit his modest home in a poor town outsideChangsha, and watch him work.
两周前，在同意不透露他的真实姓名的条件下，马甲同意一名记者去他位于长沙家郊区的一个贫穷小镇上的家，看看他工作。
Halderman wouldn't speak to reporters at his house Saturday morning and threatened to call police if they didn't leave the private road that leads to his modest three-bedroom house.
霍尔德曼不会对记者发表讲话，并威胁打电话给警方，如果他们不离开通向他三个卧室的房子的私家路的话。
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 was typically modest about his achievements.
他一如既往，对自己的成就很谦虚。
From then on his sketches, which appeared under the pen name "Boz" in The Evening Chronicle, earned him a modest reputation.
从那时起，他的小品文以“博兹”这一笔名刊登在《纪事晚报》上，为他赢得了一定的声誉。
His father was a modest cobbler and Hans had to struggle to attract the world's attention.
他的父亲是位谦逊的鞋匠，安徒生要靠自己的努力得到世界的认同。
He dislikes public appearances; is shy and modest, but will engage in national debate through his books.
村上春树很腼腆，也很谦逊，并不喜欢公开露面，但是他会用文字发出自已的声音。
Maybe he should have a word with his colleagues who greeted the modest, realistic cost control efforts in the Affordable Care Act with cries of "death panels."
也许他应该跟他的同事好好谈谈，那些人对“平价医保法案”所列的温和、现实费用控制努力报以“死亡专案小组”的叫嚣。
Everyone with an income should pay income tax equal to a modest percentage of his income.
任何人的所得都应当支付一笔与之相称的适当百分比的所得税。
Everyone with an income should pay income tax equal to a modest percentage of his income.
任何人的所得都应当支付一笔与之相称的适当百分比的所得税。
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