1.Postcards continued to be used by people of modest means to convey important family news long after telephones ceased to be a novelty.
在电话是稀松平常之物，人们曾还继续使用明信片这种委婉的方式来传达重要的家庭消息。
2.But he said there needs to be a way to provide health insurance to those of modest means.
但他也说，需要找到一条为低收入者提供医疗保险的途径。
3.Most of the pardons were for people of modest means who had no way to break through the system.
大多数赦免书颁给了那些无法突破法律体系的收入不高的人群。
4.Would like to take to improve China's legal system, strengthening the legal protection of the area of contract, a modest means.
希望借此为完善我国法制、加强合同领域的合法保障，出一份绵薄之力。
5.They argued that Americans, even those of modest means, were abandoning merely adequate products for luxurious ones.
他们认为美国人，甚至是那些收入中等水平的人，都抛弃了一般的货物，追逐奢华的商品。
6.You may be surprised to find American students at your university who come from very modest means and who struggle daily with money issues.
你也许会很惊讶的发现你们学校的美国学生有富家子弟，也有每天为了生计烦忧的穷学生。
7.His father died before he was born, leaving the family with relatively modest means.
他父亲去世前，他出生后，离开家庭的相对温和的手段。
8.Liberals are far more pessimistic thanconservatives about the possibility of a better future for Americans of modest means.
相比于保守主义者，在低收入的美国人是否具有更好未来的可能性上，自由主义者更为悲观。
9.The ITAFE consortium has proven that people with modest means are willing to pay for connectivity.
ITAFE协会已用适当的方法证明人们愿意付费使用连接。
10.To avoid this fate, we all need to work out how to live within our new and increasingly modest means.
要避免这种命运，我们所有人都必须想法设法，以一种新的、更为节俭的方式量入为出。