Unpretending

adj. not pretending or making pretence: modest.—adv. Unpreten′dingly.—adj. Unpreten′tious not pretentious.—n. Unpreten′tiousness.

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• So simple, so unpretending a locality, to be the scene of so mighty an event! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Perhaps our wedding might even be as unpretending as her own, and I might not find it necessary to say anything about it until it was over. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She is young, rather pretty modest and unpretending, and full of winning politeness. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• An unpretending, single-minded, artless girlinfinitely to be preferred by any man of sense and taste to such a woman as Mrs. Elton. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He must know that she was as amiable and unpretending as we have found her. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Or you might wake, to-morrow morning, with a sense of something wanting, and even this unpretending volume might be able to supply it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• But humble as we are, and unpretending, in the matter of art, our researches among the painted monks and martyrs have not been wholly in vain. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The curates, meantime, sat and sipped their wine, a liquor of unpretending vintage, moderately enjoyed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• They are very quiet, unpretending people. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• His manner was very unpretending--too simple to be termed affable; rather timid than proud. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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