humble

英 ['hʌmbl] 美['hʌmbl]

make a humble apology and accept humiliation. umbles

低声下气地道歉（接受羞辱）

used to refer to one's home with an ironic or humorous show of modesty or humility

寒舍

(archaic or humorous)used at the end of a letter or as a form of ironic courtesy

(古或幽默)您卑微的仆人，卑职［用于信件结尾，或作为讽刺性的谦恭］

your most humble servant, George Porter.
您最卑微的仆人，乔治•波特。

1. Now experts are extolling the virtues of the humble potato.: 现在专家们都在赞美其貌不扬的马铃薯的种种好处。

2. There are restaurants, both humble and expensive, that specialize in them.: 专门做这些菜的餐馆既有毫不起眼的也有价格昂贵的。

3. Spyros Latsis started his career as a humble fisherman in the Aegean.: 斯皮罗斯·拉齐斯的第一份职业是爱琴海上一名地位卑贱的渔夫。

4. He is still the butt of cruel jokes about his humble origins.: 他仍然因出身低微而被人无情嘲笑。

5. Anson was forced to eat humble pie and publicly apologise to her.: 安森被迫认错并公开向她道歉。