She did not affect modesty, nor appear in the least offended at my intrusion. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
With graceful modesty each gentleman retired a step from the presented weapon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Much cant have I heard and read about 'maiden modesty,' but, properly used, and not hackneyed, the words are good and appropriate words. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
Mr. Kenge also came to speak to us and did the honours of the place in much the same way, with the bland modesty of a proprietor. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
I am no farther interested than as a spectator, said he, with a modesty, admirable, as I thought, to witness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
One does not blush to show modesty or embarrassment to others, but because the capillary circulation alters in response to stimuli. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
Before the winter was far advanced, it is actually on record that Emmy took a night and received company with great propriety and modesty. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
Edison's modesty has allowed us but one remark on the subject. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
This innate modesty, however, does not prevent Edison from recognizing and classifying his own methods of investigation. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
But Bingley has great natural modesty, with a stronger dependence on my judgement than on his own. 简·奥斯汀.傲慢与偏见.
After rendering this general tribute to the port, Mr. Snagsby in his modesty coughs an apology behind his hand for drinking anything so precious. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
Few letters home of successful men or women display the graces of modesty and self-forgetfulness. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Why, he was a poor creature to be taken by that delicate mock-modesty, and that hanging head! 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
Now is not the _want of sense_ (where a man is so unfortunate as to want it) some apology for his _want of modesty_? 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
And now he paid his respects to Mrs. Pryor, and paid them well, with a grave modesty that became his age compared with hers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.