核心词议：
adv. 谦逊地，谦虚地；简朴地，低廉地；羞怯地，腼腆地；在很小的程度上
modestly 基本解释
adv. 谦虚地，审慎地；适度地
速记方法
知识扩展
modestly decline 谦让 ; 退让 ; 居人之下 the modestly educated 受过中等教育的人 ; 仅受过一般教育的人
中文词源
中文词源： modestly
精选例句
1、 They talked modestly of their valiant efforts to keep the tanker afloat.
他们谦虚地谈论了他们为让油轮保持不沉而付出的英勇努力。
2、 "You really must be very good at what you do."—"I suppose I am," Kate said modestly.
“你确实非常擅长你所做的。” —“我觉得是吧。”凯特谦虚地说。
常见考点例句：
- This is partly because credit spreads are correcting , albeit modestly so far .
- 这在一定程度上是因为信贷息差的矫正，尽管迄今还算温和。
- This suggests that the fed has been successful at forcing inflation expectations modestly higher .
- 这表明美联储已成功使通胀预期保持在温和水平。
- A few big rich economies also returned to growth , albeit far more modestly , between april and june .
- 4月份到6月份期间，一些大型发达经济体也重新开始增长，尽管速度要谦逊得多。
- Noble 's serendipitous departure , as mr elman modestly describes it , was also clever .
- 来宝偶然进行的尝试这是艾礼文谦虚的描述也很聪明。
- Download revenue will grow modestly to $ 4.1 billion ( which strikes me as conservative ) from $ 3.6 billion this year .
- 下载收入将从今年的36亿美元适度地增长到41亿美元（我认为这是十分保守的估计）。
