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modest

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adj. 谦虚的，谦逊的；适度的；端庄的；羞怯的
n. (Modest)人名；(罗)莫代斯特；(德)莫德斯特；(俄)莫杰斯特

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That means we need modest, realistic expectations, and we need to teach people to cook food that's good enough to share with family and friends.

A study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Stanford University and Columbia University shows that even a modest decrease in daily salt intake (摄入) can lead to dramatic health benefits.

In Lagos, foreign oil workers can pay as much as $65,000 per year in rent for a modest apartment in a safe part of town.

Some raised more than twice their goals, but others have fallen short of reaching even modest targets.

The Great Recession and modest recovery has also been associated with an increase in young adults living at home.

Futures markets, which show only a modest recovery of prices to around $60 a barrel by 2019, support this view.

Meanwhile, tax breaks for children are modest.

For example, modest joggers should not compare their performance with Olympic standard marathon（马拉松）runners.

Families with modest incomes should ensure the breadwinner or breadwinners first.

Our findings suggest that even more modest attention difficulties can increase the risk of negative academic outcomes.

The company also offers a repair program for their customers for a modest fee.

They found that early attention skills were the most consistent predictor of academic success, and that likability by peers also had a modest effect on academic performance.

When the children are young, and depend upon the family for financial needs, families with modest incomes have difficulty providing enough life insurance to protect the mother and children.

The more learned a man is, the more modest be usually become.

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

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 Aministration.

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

From then on his sketches ,which appeared under the pen name “Boz” in The Evening Chronicle, earned him a modest reputation.

From then on his sketches,which appeared under the pen name "Boz" in The Evening Chronicle, earned him a modest reputation.

In the 1930s Frank Lloyd Wright started building more modest and efficient houses-usually around 1,200 square feet-than the spreading two-story ones he had designed in the 1890s and the early 20th century.

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.

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

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

Their thesis 一 that a relatively modest intervention could have a big impact 一 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 st