托福每日一词：modest
托福词汇的积累，是一个长期的过程，因此想要打好词汇的基础。要对一些重点词汇进行深入的复习。每日一词为大家整理了托福考试中的重点词汇。帮助大家全方位的备考。下面让我们来看看今天的每日一词吧!
来源：新东方 《TOEFL终极4300》
常考释义
1. adj. 谦虚的
not too proud or confident about yourself or your abilities; not showing or feeling great or excessive pride
例：He is unusually modest for a man who is so famous and successful.
作为一个那么著名又成功的人，他却非常谦虚。
2.adj. 适度的
not verylarge in size or amount
例：Despite its modest size, the city has many things to offer tourists.
尽管这个城市不大，但游客还是有很多可玩的地方。
音频中例句
1.Nearly every movie theater, however modest, had a piano or organ to provide musical accompaniment to silent pictures.
无论规模多小的电影院几乎都配有一架钢琴或风琴来为无声片配乐。
2.These were modest dwellings; the people who built them simply couldn’t afford lots of expensive decorative details.
这些民居都很简朴。建造它们的人完全买不起太多昂贵的装饰品。
3.Now, something elseI value is teaching. Why? Well, it brings in a modest income, but I could make more money doing other things.
现在我最看重的事就是当老师。为啥呢?嗯，虽然工资不高，但我可以做别的事来多挣点钱。
练习
判断下列句子中modest的意思。
1. She’s very modest about her achievements.
2.They own a modest home near the beach.
3. The bank said the deal should resultin a modest increase in its core capital levels, a sentiment echoed by analysts and investors.
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拓展
同根词
modestly(adv.)谦虚地;谨慎地;适当地
modesty(n.)谦虚;(尺寸、数量等)小;端庄
同义词
moderate (adj.) 适度的;温和的
temperate (adj.) 适度的;温和的
练习答案
