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。

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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。

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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。

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And, so, Louis XIV, who liked to call himself the Sun God, a modest megalomaniac, he sends out officials into the provinces to enforce his will, and these dudes are called intendants--but that doesn't matter, you don't have to remember that.

因此,路易十四,自称为太阳王,一个外表谦虚实则嚣张自大的人,他派一些官员去各省强化他的意志,这些人被称作是监督官,这个不是重点,你们不用记这个

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He is just blandly reciting his modest list of accomplishments during the past eight years.

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And on his modest pay he must pay immodest taxes (see story, page 62).

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Taking care of his modest Spanish-style bungalow is one way for him to pass the time.

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