modest humility self-effacing make modest remarks
They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.
他们说起自己设法使油轮漂浮的英勇之举时非常谦虚。
—— 柯林斯例句"I´m a lucky man, undeservedly lucky," he said humbly.
“我是个幸运的人,本不配如此幸运,”他谦虚地说。
—— 柯林斯例句"Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit," she said.
“你表面谦虚,骨子里目中无人。”她说道。
—— 柯林斯例句He plays the character with tremendous concentration combined with a pleasing modesty.
他表演这个角色时倾注了巨大的心血,而且非常谦虚和善。
—— 柯林斯例句Personally he was quiet, modest and unobtrusive.
私下里他文静、谦虚、不事张扬。
—— 柯林斯例句