英语释义

• offending against sexual mores in conduct or appearance

• having or showing an exaggerated opinion of your importance, ability, etc;

  "brash immodest boasting"

片语

undignified不庄重的；无威严的

英汉例句

• not for his ego - the welshman remains as immodest as ever, even with a new contract in his back pocket.

  并非自我——威尔士人还是一如既往的谦虚，即便自己已经得到了新合同。

• immodest words admit of no defense, for want of modesty is want of sense.

  言谈傲慢，唯有一种解释：不够谦虚，来自缺乏见识。

• most americans detest washington because it seems so immodest without having any justification for being so;

  大多数美国人厌恶首都华盛顿，因为它看起来太不诚实了，而且这一状况也没有任何改善；

• this means we have had to reinvest only $32 million since 1972 to handle the modest physical growth – and somewhat immodest financial growth – of the business.

  这意味着从1972年到现在，我们只花了3200万美元进行再投资，就完成了这种平稳的规模增长和某种意义上平稳的财务增长。

• a shy failure is nobler than an immodest success.

  一次羞怯的失败比一次自大的成功更高贵。

• as the recession becomes more visible and immodest displays of wealth just a little tasteless, all this may change.

  随着经济衰退开始变得越来越明显，傲慢地显富被视为没有品味，所有这一切也许会发生改变。

相似词

forwardad 向前地；按顺序地；迈向成功；进入显着的位置；向将来；提前；在（或向）船头

brazen厚颜无耻的；无所顾忌的；黄铜制的；黄铜色的；（声音）响而刺耳的

相反词

modest(Modest)人名；(罗)莫代斯特；(德)莫德斯特；(俄)莫杰斯特

humble使谦恭；轻松打败（尤指强大的对手）；低声下气

modest(Modest)人名；(罗)莫代斯特；(德)莫德斯特；(俄)莫杰斯特