unassuming

['ʌnə'sju:miŋ]

adj.谦逊的, 不装腔作势的

例句与用法:

Harriet was an extremely pretty girl of seventeen, not in the least brilliant, but with pleasing, unassuming manners, and a gratifying habit of looking up to Emma as a paragon.

哈里特是附近寄宿学校学生,住在校长家里。她年方十七,相貌出众,虽然资质低下,但举止行为却讨人喜欢,毫不做作,又习惯于把爱玛奉为楷模,所以挺称人心意。

词形变化:

副词: unassumingly | 名词: unassumingness |

详细释义:

a.

谦虚的; 不出风头的; 不装腔作势的; 保守的