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。
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”。
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。
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。
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。
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。
But he was always remorseful, genuinely modest and witty at his own expense.
但他也总是自责。他为人低调谦逊，诙谐幽默，总拿自己开涮。
Before his peculiarly modest robbery, Verone, 59, sent a letter to the Gaston Gazette.
在他这次怪异的抢劫之前，59岁的万隆给加斯顿公报写了封信。
So Jones turned his attention to the more modest goal of making peace in one city in the Palestinian-controlled West Bank.
因此，琼斯开始转向与更加现实的目标，使巴勒斯坦控制的西岸中的一个城市实现和平。
In his Indiana Jones hat and sunshades, Gray is also sweetly modest about his skill.
戴着印第安纳·琼斯帽和太阳镜的格雷还非常谦虚地谈到自己的技能。
In his Indiana Jones hat and sunshades, Gray is also sweetly modest about his skill.
戴着印第安纳·琼斯帽和太阳镜的格雷还非常谦虚地谈到自己的技能。
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