modesty學測 L4KK [ˈmɑdəsti] ｜ /ˈmɑdəsti/
謙遜；不虛榮·穿著保守；得體
龍騰B5課文字，形容不愛出風頭
Despite winning first place, she showed modesty and thanked her whole team.
儘管拿到第一名，她仍展現謙虛，感謝了整個團隊。
一個畫面：退後一步不搶鏡
退後一步刻意讓自己不顯眼
功勞讓人拿了獎卻先謝隊友
衣著收斂不特意展現身材
義項
得獎不邀功C1noun謙遜；不虛榮
Even though she won the gold medal, she spoke with great modesty and thanked her coach.
雖然她贏得了金牌，她仍以極謙遜的態度感謝教練。
great modestywith modesty
穿著保守得體C2noun穿著保守；得體
Although she was very rich, she always dressed with modesty and never showed off her money.
雖然她很有錢，卻總是穿著保守，從不炫耀。
dressed with modesty
片語
false modesty假裝謙虛 →刻意假裝的謙虛姿態
with modesty低調帶謙虛 →帶著謙虛的態度做事
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She always shows great ___. (modesty / modest)
看答案
modesty
此處需要名詞；modesty是名詞，modest是形容詞。
『She always dressed with modesty.』這裡的 modesty 指的是 (A) 謙虛不自誇 (B) 穿著保守得體
看答案
(B)
此句描述穿著方式，對應「穿著保守」的義項。
字族
modest 謙虛的；謙遜的・modestly 謙虛地；適度地