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基本释义
  • a. 卑下的,谦逊的,粗陋的
    vt. 使…卑下,挫,贬抑
词形变化
  • 比较级：hum·bler, hum·blest
    时　态：hum·bled, hum·bling, hum·bles
    名　词：hum'bler
    副　词：hum'bly
常用短语
    1. humble plant
      含羞草
参考例句
    1. a humble apology.
      低声下气的道歉
    2. Abraham Lincoln was a man of humble birth.
      林肯出身低微
    3. His failure in the competition humbled him.
      竞赛失利使他丢了脸。
    4. He had to humble himself in the presence of the prince.
      他在王子面前只得低声下气。
    5. Of Swedish birth; of humble birth.
      瑞典血统;低微的出身。
英英解释

  • 　2个动词解释

    1. cause to be unpretentious
      [例]
      • This experience will humble him
    2. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
      [同] abase, humble, humiliate, mortify, chagrin
      [例]
      • He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss

    　4个形容词解释

    1. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
      [反] proud
      [例]
      • a humble apology
      • essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions
    2. low or inferior in station or quality
      [同] humble, low, lowly, modest, small
      [例]
      • a humble cottage
      • a lowly parish priest
      • a modest man of the people
      • small beginnings
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