什么叫“虚伪的谦虚”?

What Is False Modesty?

[1]在伦理道德的范畴中,谦虚一向被认为是美德,应该扬;而虚伪则一向被认为是恶习,应该抑。然而,究其实际,二者间有时并非泾渭分明,其区别间不容发。谦虚稍一过头,就会成为虚伪。我想,每个人都会有这种体会的。

[1]In ethical discourse,modesty is always a laudable virtue and hypocrisy a despicable vice.But in fact,the difference between the two is not so distinct;it is,if at all,subtle.Modesty carried even just a little too far amounts to sheer hypocrisy.Perhaps everybody feels the same about this.