" It's quite straightforward, really, " said Neville modestly.

“其实很简单，”纳威谦虚地说。

Through the window Scarlett could see the bright riot of the twin lanes of daffodils bordering the graveled driveway and the golden masses of yellow jessamine spreading flowery sprangles modestly to the earth like crinolines.

从窗口思嘉能看到沿着石车道和两行水仙花和一丛丛像花裙般纷披满地的黄茉莉在那里竞相怒放，争奇斗妍。

That afternoon, Wade got his first shot of a modestly sized, two-metre crocodile.

那天下午，维德首次拍到2米长体型适中的鳄鱼。

Wage growth has been picking up modestly across the zone, but still trails behind inflation.

整个欧元区的工资增长一直在小幅回升，但仍落后于通胀。

It's actually a naked-eye object, visible in modestly dark skies.

它实际上是一个肉眼可见的物体，在适度黑暗的天空中可以看到。

The founding fathers and mothers, modestly dressed in millstone ruffs, had given way to their children.

谨慎的穿着磨盘似的环领的先辈，已经为孙们让了道路。

Margaret Papandreou, who lives modestly near Corinth, a provincial town, and her son, now a backbench MP, swiftly denied the allegations.

这名叫玛格丽特·帕潘德里欧的母亲现在希腊地方小镇科林斯（Corinth）过着低调的日。她与现任后座议员的帕潘德里欧立即对此指控矢口否认。

I have said again and again that hair must be arranged modestly and plainly.

我曾反复说头发必须梳理得简单朴实。

Although George modestly attributes much of the success we are celebrating here tonight to luck.

今晚我们在这里庆祝乔治的成功，可他自己却谦虚地将一切归于运气。

For Medusa, there was simply no need to dress modestly.

对美杜莎来说，没有必要穿着端庄。

Are they modestly trying to cover herself up?

她的手是想小心地遮蔽身体吗？

" It's just melted glass, " she said modestly.

“只是熔化的玻璃罢了。”她谦虚地说。

Crude oil futures' prices were up modestly today.

今天，原油期货价格小幅增长。

" I mean—and—well—you saw what happened, " he concluded modestly, sweeping his hair back quite unnecessarily so that it looked interestingly windswept and glancing around to see whether the people nearest to them-a bunch of gossiping third-year Huffpuffs—had heard him.

“我是说——然后——嗯——后来的情况你们都看到了。”他谦虚地停止了描述，多此一举地把头发拢到脑后，好像足头发被风吹了个乱七八糟，看上去挺引人注目的；他还朝四下里扫了一眼，看看最近的那些人——一群正在闲聊的三年级赫奇帕奇学生——有没有听到自己刚才那番话。

" It's quite straightforward, really, " said Neville modestly. " I'd been in here about a day and a half, and getting really hungry, and wishing I could get something to eat, and that's when the passage to Hog's Head opened up. "

那不算难，真的，" 纳威谦虚地说。" 我那时候呆在这儿大约已经一天半了，饿坏了，真盼着能有什么吃的东西，就在那时去猪头酒吧的路出现了。

Uber's algorithm swiftly applied surge pricing; the average waiting time for a car rose only modestly, while the completion rate—the share of requests for rides that are met—never fell below 100%.

优步的计算程序很快地启动了峰时价格机制；每辆车的均等待时长只增长了少许，然而完成率—打的份额的完成度从没降到100%以下。

The manuscript was privately dispatched, accompanied by a note, modestly saying that if the tale didn't get the prize, which the writer hardly dared expect, she would be very glad to receive any sum it might be considered worth.

稿以保密急件寄了出去，附上一封短信，谦逊地声称作者不敢奢望这个故事能赢得奖金，只要能得到一笔被认为与其价值相称的稿费就十分高兴了。

But again, research on conventional massage and myofascial release therapies have shown to modestly reduce muscle recovery times and it's not unreasonable to expect similar results with massage guns.

但是，对传统按摩和肌筋膜释放疗法的研究已经表明，他们可以适度减少肌肉恢复的时间，所以期待按摩枪有类似的结果也不是没有道理的。

Appleton was fond of such sentences as “Do your worst! ” Tom cried bravely and “My father helped with the equations, ” Tom said modestly.

阿普尔顿很喜欢这样的句，比如：“‘尽管使坏吧！’汤姆勇敢地叫道。”还有“‘我父亲帮我解了方程式，’汤姆谦逊地说。”

I am above your insults, and only hope you will bear your fortune as modestly as I shall mine submissively. I shall retire.

不过，你们还不够资格来羞辱我，我唯一指望你们能像我那样谦卑顺从地接受现实，好了，我得走了。