Modesty

(noun.) formality and propriety of manner.

(noun.) freedom from vanity or conceit.

编辑:纽曼

• 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.

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