modest中等

The first published sketch, “A Dinner at Poplar Walk” brought tears to Dickens’s eyes when he discovered it in the pages of The Monthly Magazine. From then on his sketches, which appeared under the pen name “Boz” in The Evening Chronicle, earned him a modest reputation.

第一篇发表的随笔《白杨道上的晚餐》让狄更斯在《月刊》上看到它时热泪盈眶。从那以后，他以笔名“博兹”在《晚间纪事报》上发表的随笔为他赢得了一定的声誉。

The court would be recklessly modest if it followed California’s advice.

如果最高法院听从加州的建议，那将是一种不负责任的过分谦逊。

Their thesis — that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact — was based on the view that first-generation students may be most lacking not in potential but in practical knowledge about how to deal with the issues that face most college students.

他们的论点——相对温和的干预可以产生巨大影响——基于这样一种观点：第一代大学生最缺乏的可能不是潜力，而是如何应对大多数大学生所面临问题的实用知识。

On a five to three vote, the Supreme Court knocked out much of Arizona’s immigration law Monday — a modest policy victory for the Obama Administration.

周一，最高法院以五比三的投票结果推翻了亚利桑那州移民法的大部分内容——这对奥巴马政府来说是一次有限的政策胜利。

Politicians have repeatedly “backloaded” public-sector pay deals, keeping the pay increases modest but adding to holidays and especially pensions that are already generous.

政客们一再对公共部门的薪酬协议进行“后置”处理，即保持适度的加薪幅度，却增加本已丰厚的假期，尤其是养老金。

modest.

谦逊的。