Be modest, otherwise you will lag behind.

要谦虚，否则就要落后。

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It's better to learn to be modest now rather than take a proud fall later in life.

与其在以后的生活中自暴自弃，不如现在就学会谦虚。

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When employees are properly compensated, employers' real estate savings will be modest.

当员工得到应有的补偿时，雇主们真正在房地产上省下的钱其实不多。

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John Silvia is the senior economist at Wells Fargo Bank: "Private payroll gains continue to be modest and I would say it does raise flags for those super optimists who were looking for a V-shaped recovery and thinking that we are going to go back to normal very quickly in the US.economy."

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You don't get the more modest conclusion invisible things can't be destroyed or it's a whole lot harder to destroy them.

不是得出个更谦虚的结论,无形的东西不会毁灭或者,要毁灭它是不容易的。

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Notice that on the modest view, if we ask ourselves, ? would it have been good to be immortal?

在保守价值容器理论的前提下，如果我们问自己，永生是否是好事？

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The raw economic consequences will, in the full scheme of things be modest.

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Growth will be modest, but monetary and fiscal policy will be kept under tight rein.

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