And that's not only true for people of modest means.

这不仅是对收入微薄的人而言。

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。

At the same time here, so all of us small sellers of harm to the businesses that deeply modest means.

同时在这里，我们全体中小卖家向因此而受到伤害的商家表示深深的谦意。

This was the mark of prosperity: to wear enough material on one's back to clothe many of more modest means.

当时富贵的标志是：一个有钱人着装所用的布料足以为好几个普通人做衣服了。

Kathleen's family likewise had very modest means. We both worked in education and never made very much money.

凯思琳的家庭也一样都是很普通我们都在教育界工作并且从来没有赚过大钱。

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。

Fight for our country's debtor property declaration system to enrich and improve the system, to contribute ours modest means.

争取为我国被执行人财产申报制度的充实和完善贡献自己的绵薄之力。

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。

Countless success stories, including J. K. Rowling's, began with a life of modest means. Can you live at a level even lower than you do now?

无数成功的故事，包括J . K罗琳，都是以很少的财富开始的。你能过比现在更低层次的生活吗？

Several security advisers I spoke with offered advice to wealthy families contemplating security plans while also providing tips to parents of more modest means.

一些我采访的安全顾问对那些小康家庭提出周密的保护计划，同时提供家长一些更模式化的方法。

Most often, the MKULTRA-era victims were chosen from among people of modest means, as they would be less likely to effectively fight back after their torture.

通常MKULTRA的前受害者是从害羞的人中选择的，因为他们可能在受到折磨后缺少有力的抵抗。

I asked my mother why we lived with such modest means, unaware of how painful it must have been for a single parent with two young boys to field such questions.

我问妈妈，为什么我们生活得那么简朴，当时完全没有意识到，对于一个带着两个儿子的单身母亲而言回答这个问题是多么痛苦。

Budgets vary, too. One Web site may have the resources to purchase an expensive commercial application, while another may have more modest means and expectations.

预算也不一样，某个网站可能资金雄厚，能够购买昂贵的商业应用程序；而另一个则囊中羞涩，对软件的期望值不高。

Hughes grew up in Hickory, North Carolina, the only child of older parents of modest means — his father was a paper salesman; his mother, a former public-school teacher.

Hughes在北卡罗莱纳的海克里长大，作为独生孩子，他是谨慎的父母老年所得，这也就是说——他的父亲是一名纸业销售员，他的母亲则是前公共学校的老师。

That means we need modest, realistic expectations, and we need to teach people to cook food that's good enough to share with family and friends.

这意味着我们需要适度的、符合现实的期望，我们需要教会人们烹饪足够好的食物与家人和朋友分享。

Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro is surely among the masterpieces of music even though its modest innovations are confined to extending existing means.

莫扎特的《费加罗的婚姻》无疑是一曲乐界杰作，尽管它的适度创新仅限于扩展现有的方法。

But everything is relative, and that means judging these cuts alongside both the modest increases you'll find elsewhere in this budget and the much larger increases you saw in previous ones.

但是，事情都是相对的，这意味着，如何看待这些削减，不仅要与此次预算其他地方的略微增加相比，也还要注意到之前预案的大量增加。

With relatively modest resources, the means are available to save millions of lives.

巴尔迪尼在声明中说：“鉴于相对有限的资源，这些方式可以拯救千百万人的生命。

This means that simply by being liked by your colleagues you are making a difference, even if only a modest one.

这就意味着，只要同事喜欢你，你就已经有了重要的影响，即便这只是一种不大的影响。

Social Security changes will be gradually phased in and will protect current and near-retirees, which means their impact by 2015 is very modest.

社保调整将会逐渐渗透并保护当前的和准退休人员，表明到2015年这批人的影响会很可观。

These popular programs require modest resources, thus providing an effective means for fast expansion.

这些受欢迎的课程不需要太多的资源。因此增加这样的课程迅速扩张来说是个有效的手段。

The home was made decidedly modest, in size and means, with a building skin utilizing simple materials in a straightforward yet innovative configuration.

该住宅建筑无论是规模或建造方式都很谦逊，外墙直接利用简单的材料，一目了然但仍不乏新意。

To negotiate a multilateral agreement where signatories would place into the public domain, or find other means of sharing at modest cost, the results of largely publicly funded research.

商签一项多边协定，签约方将把大部分由公共部门资助的研究成果公之于众，或者寻求其他的办法以最小的成本分享这一成果。

A multilateral agreement where signatories would place into the public domain, or find other means of sharing at modest cost, the results of largely publicly funded research.

签署一项多边协定，签约方将大部分由公共部门资助的研究成果公之于众，或者寻求其他的办法以最小的成本分享这一成果。

"The early adopters are the super-rich, they are here in small Numbers, but will be rapidly joined by compatriots of more modest - although still very comfortable - means," he says.

他说：“先来的是超富阶层，他们人数不多，但是会有更多没那么有钱但也相当富足的同胞迅速加入进来。”

But if we take a more modest view of what health means, perhaps we may be able to transcend the complexities of disease and offer a very practical mission for modern medicine.

但是如果我们以一种更谦虚的视角看什么是健康，也许我们会超出疾病的复杂性，找到现代医学更实际的任务。

This means lower prices and more modest sales.

这意味行业更低的价格和更少的销售量。