音标与读法

这里为大家介绍下modicum 是什么意思，希望能帮助到各位朋友。

音标：[ "mɔdikəm ]名词复数:modica

中英文翻译

n.

〔常用 sing.〕一点点，少量。 a modicum of sleep 小睡。

a small or moderate or token amount; "England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists"- Ian Jack

* Modicum, word meaning a moderate or small amount (it comes from Latin where it"s the neuter of modicus).

例句与用法

1.On the whole they taught just a modicum of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry .

一般说来，它们只教一点算术，代数和几何。

2.There " s not even a modicum of truth in her statement

她说的话没有一点是真的。

3.Thanks for indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger

感谢印第安人提供的适量挑战及危险。

4.If he had a modicum of sense , he wouldn " t do such a foolish thing

如果他稍有头脑，就不会干出这种蠢事。

5.Had the americans hanged him themselves , the condemned man might have been treated with a modicum of dignity

假如是美国人亲手绞死萨达姆，这个罪人或许能死得稍微有尊严一点。

6.Engagement was supposed to bring economic benefits to the benighted north ; a modicum of mutual trust was meant to lessen its threat

韩国政府本打算通过接触给萧条的北方带来经济利益，并通过增加互信以减轻威胁。

7.In her lay a godframed godgiven preformed possibility which thou hast fructified with thy modicum of man s work

她身上有着天主所赐予的按照天主形象而造人的可能性298 ，你作为男子汉，不费吹灰之力便使她结了果实。

8.Keeping a weather eye on it ( him ) nervously in front of the computer , for fear that a modicum of indiscretion would arouse his antipathy

紧张地坐在电脑前关注着它（他） ，生怕有那么一点点轻举妄动会引起它（他）的反感。

9.I thought - foolishly , perhaps - that you had a modicum of brains in that swollen head , and ould be willing to exchange information

我觉得? ?或许这很蠢? ?你那肿胀的脑袋里可能有那么一点点脑子，并且它有可能乐于交换些消息。

10.In the hope that these people could someday be given a home , the brothers and sisters at least provided them with a modicum of comfort through the relief items

希望这些人有朝一日能有个温暖的家，而同修最起码可以提供他们慰问品，并带来师父的爱。

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