Apedia

Humble 考法 1】Adj.谦逊的 Marked Meekness Modesty Behavior Attitude

正面 humble
背面
【考法 1】adj.谦逊的: marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful
【例】a medical scientist who remained remarkably humble even after winning the Nobel Prize 获得诺贝尔奖之后仍然保持谦逊的医学家
【近】modest, unassuming, unpretentious, demure, down-to-earth
【反】arrogant, bumptious, conceited, egotistic, haughty, high-and-mighty, imperious, lordly, overweening, peremptory, pompous, presuming, presumptuous, pretentious, self-assertive, supercilious, superior, toplofty, uppish, uppity 傲慢的
【考法 2】adj.顺从的,谦卑的: showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness
【例】please accept my humble thanks 请接受我的卑微的感谢
【近】base, humble, menial, servile, slavish

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Humility 考法 1】n.谦卑,谦逊 absence feelings 例】haughtiness invites disaster

Previous card: Hubris 考法 1】n.狂妄自大 exaggerated pride self-confidence 例】his failure

Up to card list: 新GRE核心词汇考法精析(再要你命3000)