| 单词 | humble |
|---|---|
| 音标 | 英[ˈhʌmbl] 美[ˈhʌmbəl] |
| 解释 | 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; |
| 例句 | ADJ-GRADED 谦逊的;谦虚的;谦卑的 A humble person is not proud and does not believe that they are better than other people. 例:He gave a great performance, but he was very humble...他的表演非常出色,但他却很谦虚。 例:Andy was a humble, courteous and gentle man.安迪是个谦逊而且彬彬有礼的绅士。 ADJ-GRADED (社会地位)低下的,卑贱的 People with low social status are sometimes described as humble. 例: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。 例: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。 ADJ-GRADED 粗陋的;简陋的;不起眼的 A humble place or thing is ordinary and not special in any way. 例: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。 例: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。 ADJ-GRADED 愚(见);拙(见) People use humble in a phrase such as in my humble opinion as a polite way of emphasizing what they think, even though they do not feel humble about it. 例: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。 PHRASE 道歉赔不是;承认错误 If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something. 例: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。 VERB 轻易击败(强大的对手) If you humble someone who is more important or powerful than you, you defeat them easily. 例: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。 例: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。 VERB 使谦逊;使感到卑微;羞辱 If something or someone humbles you, they make you realize that you are not as important or good as you thought you were. 例:Ted's words humbled me...特德的话让我感到自惭。 例: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。 |
| 变形 | third:humbles~done:humbled~est:humblest~adv:humbly~ing:humbling~er:humbler~past:humbled~ |
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