The modesty of the demand shook me.

这个要求如此微不足道，真使我震惊。

But he respected her modesty and did nothing more.

出于对她的端庄的尊重，他没有再做出什么。

A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute.

一个自我要求的会在一分钟内放弃。

Out went gold ormolu, in came modesty, the cult of nature.

告别了金碧辉煌，随之而来的是逊质朴，对大自然的崇拜。

" Me? " He was mimicking my modesty.

“我？”他在模仿我的羞怯。

Notions of modesty restricted women in the Victorian era, but they still swam.

在维多利时期，恭的观念牵制着女性，但是她仍去游泳。

As always, modesty dictates a strict entrance policy.

和往常一样，严格的准入政策反映了原始的朴质。

They pretended to great delicacy, modesty and innocence.

她装出一副非常娇嫩恭与天真的模样。

In his autobiography, Darwin himself speaks of his intellectual powers with extraordinary modesty.

在自传中，达尔文极其逊地评价了自己的智力。

With disarming modesty, he has this to say about his triumph.

带着可以让所有放下戒心的逊，他这样讲述自己的胜利。

" I've lectured in America so much, " said Roy, with modesty.

" 那是因为我去美国作过好多次讲学，" 罗伊地说。

Van Gogh's modesty is symbolized by a pipe, tobacco, and onions.

梵高的象征着烟斗，烟草和洋葱。

The flower lowered her head with a pleasant look and with modesty.

这花朵的表情看上去很愉快，很羞涩。

It is worn by some Muslim women who wish to demonstrate modesty.

这是一些希望表现出的穆斯林女性穿的。

I'm the chief of a small hospital, Dr. Walton said with modesty.

“我是一家小医院的主任”，华顿医师虛地说。

Like women are into the bustier-style dresses but they want to add sleeves for modesty.

再比如身着吊带裙风格礼服的女性想加上袖子多些稳重端庄。

Pope Francis, who has chosen simplicity and modesty as his message, makes the incongruity even starker.

选择简单和作为自己行事方式的教皇弗朗西斯让这种矛盾凸显的更加厉害，以致达到了天壤之别的效果。

He made a little mistake to be sure; but it is to the credit of his modesty.

“他实在也有些不是，不过那都是因为他太。”

This is the grace of God. When Karen answered with modesty, her soul rose up to Heaven.

这是上帝对你的恩典。当凯伦用卑的心回应时，她的灵魂升上了天堂。

Nietzsche saw Christianity's moral prescriptions – modesty, charity, pacifism – as being descended from the values of slaves.

尼采认为基督教的道德准则——、慈善、和平主义——源自奴隶的价值观。