modestly [ˈmɑdɪstlɪ]

例句:

• 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。
  
• Women have to dress modestly, to avoid being harassed by the locals.
  女士穿着应当庄重，以免受到当地人的骚扰。
  
• He had been, he said modestly, swimming champ at high school.
  他谦逊地说，念中学时他曾经是游泳冠军。
  
• She helped but only modestly to expand the repertoire.
  来自NEWYORKER
• European sales rose modestly for the German marques.
  来自THETIMES
• I suggest modestly that suicide is not an evolutionary advantage.
  来自SA