humble
英 ['hʌmbl]
美['hʌmbl]
- adj. 谦逊的；简陋的；（级别或地位）低下的；不大的
- vt. 使谦恭；轻松打败（尤指强大的对手）；低声下气
实用场景例句
- The world champion was humbled last night in three rounds.
- 这位世界冠军昨晚三个回合就被轻松击败。
牛津词典
- a humbling experience
- 一次令人惭愧的经历
牛津词典
- He was humbled by her generosity.
- 她的大度使他觉得自己渺小。
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- ‘Sorry, ’ she said humbly.
- “对不起。”她谦逊地说。
牛津词典
- I would humbly suggest that there is something wrong here.
- 愚以为这里有点错误。
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- The company has worked its way up from humble beginnings to become the market leader.
- 公司已从创业期的微不足道发展成了市场的主导者。
牛津词典
- a humble farmhouse
- 小农舍
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- the daughter of a humble shopkeeper
- 一位小店主的女儿
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- a humble occupation
- 卑下职业
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- a man of humble birth/origins
- 出身低微的人
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- My humble apologies . I did not understand.
- 对不起。我没有弄懂。
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- In my humble opinion , you were in the wrong.
- 依拙见，你错了。
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- my humble tribute to this great man
- 鄙人对这位伟人的敬意
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- Be humble enough to learn from your mistakes.
- 要虚心地从自己的错误中学习。
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- I am sure millions of viewers were humbled by this story.
- 我相信数百万观众看了这个故事后都会感到自己的渺小。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Ted's words humbled me...
- 特德的话让我感到自惭。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Third-placed Barnet were humbled 3-0 at Crewe.
- 排名第三的巴尼特队以0–3的比分在克鲁遭遇惨败。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Honda won fame in the 1980s as the little car company that humbled the industry giants...
- 本田在20世纪80年代作为一家轻易挫败行业巨头的小汽车公司而声名鹊起。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It is, in my humble opinion, perhaps the best steak restaurant in Great Britain.
- 依拙见，这可能是英国最好的牛排馆。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Varndell made his own reflector for these shots from a strip of humble kitchen foil.
- 瓦恩德尔用一狭条普通的厨房用箔纸自制了反光板来拍摄这些照片。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He came from a fairly humble, poor background.
- 他出生在一个地位相当低下的贫穷家庭。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Andy was a humble, courteous and gentle man.
- 安迪是个谦逊而且彬彬有礼的绅士。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He gave a great performance, but he was very humble...
- 他的表演非常出色，但他却很谦虚。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
同义词辨析
humble, humiliate, degrade, disgrace
这些动词均含有"使丢脸，使受耻辱"之意。
humble常可和degrade换用，强调降级所带来的耻辱；也多指自卑和感到渺小无能的心理状态。
humiliate： 指损伤或剥夺自尊感，损坏自尊心，强调蒙受耻辱。
degrade： 指因过失而受到降级、阶格；也多指因自身的境遇而感到耻辱。
disgrace： 指降低某人在他人心目中的地位，使其丢脸。
modest, humble
这两个形容词都有"谦恭的"之意。
modest： 含义广泛，指行为或态度等方面不自大、不虚荣、不傲慢、不武断和不自负。
humble： 指精神和行为上的谦逊。褒义指对自己或自己的成就不骄傲；贬义指过低地评价自己，对人低声下气。