humble

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a. 低下的, 谦逊的, 粗陋的 vt. 使...卑下, 降低...地位, 贬抑

发音

US /ˈhʌmbəl/
UK /ˈhʌmbəl/
AU
UK /ˈʌmbəl/
其它 /ˈʌmbəl/

词形变化

humbles 复数 humbles 三单 humbling 现在分词 humbled 过去式 humbled 过去分词 humbler 比较级 humbler humblest more humble 比较级 humblest 最高级 most humble 最高级

别名

'umble

教材释义与例句

形容词

谦逊的；简陋的；（级别或地位）低下的；不大的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.

    俚语
  2. 1.

    Alternative form of hummel.

    苏格兰 定语

    humble cattle

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of.

    及物/不及物
  2. 2.

    To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.

    及物
  3. 1.

    To hum.

    不及物 废旧

    humbling and bumbling

  4. 1.

    Alternative form of hummel.

    及物
adj. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.

    He lives in a humble one-bedroom cottage.

    17th century, Abraham Cowley, The Shortness of Life and Uncertainty of Riches The wise example of the heavenly lark. Thy fellow poet, Cowley, mark, Above the clouds let thy proud music sound, Thy humble nest build on the ground.

  2. 2.

    Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

    谦卑

    谦逊

    谦虚

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

humiliate mortify abase chagrin

上位词 9

change hurt wound spite offend alter bruise modify injure

下位词 8

crush smash disgrace degrade demean put down take down efface
形容词

同义词 7

small low base modest lowly menial baseborn

反义词 1

proud

近义相关 10

broken low crushed modest humiliated mild inferior meek humbled unskilled

参见 4

modest respectful submissive unimpressive

相关短语

humble pie n. （狩猎后供仆人吃的）内脏做的煎馅饼, <喻>屈辱, 丢脸 humble plant 含羞草 humble plants humble pies eat humble pie 忍辱含垢 in my humble opinion eats humble pie eating humble pie ate humble pie eaten humble pie

词源

From Middle English humble, from Old French humble, umble, humle, from Latin humilis (“low, slight, hence mean, humble”) (compare Greek χαμηλός (khamēlós, “on the ground, low, trifling”)), from humus (“the earth, ground”), humi (“on the ground”). See homage, and compare chameleon, humiliate. Displaced native Old English ēaþmōd.

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