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humble

美['hʌmbl] 英['hʌmbl]

adj. 谦逊的；粗陋的；卑下的；微末的

vt. 使 ... 卑下；贬低

副词：humbly 比较级：humbler 最高级：humblest 名词：humbleness 过去式：humbled 过去分词：humbled 现在分词：humbling 第三人称单数：humbles

近义词：lowly，modest，proud，vain，

adj.(形容词)

v.(动词)

adj.(形容词)

Adjective

low or inferior in station or quality;
"a humble cottage" "a lowly parish priest" "a modest man of the people" "small beginnings"
marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful;
"a humble apology" "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"
used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)
of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);
"baseborn wretches with dirty faces" "of humble (or lowly) birth"

Verb

cause to be unpretentious;
"This experience will humble him"
cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;
"He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"

用作形容词(adj.)

Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
The duke did well by people in humble stations.那位公爵善待地位低下的人。
The family lived in a humble cottage.这户人家住在一所简陋的农舍里。
You are welcome to my humble home.非常欢迎您光临寒舍。
He flew high though he was of humble origin.他虽出生低微,却胸怀大志。
He never forgot his humble origins.他从未忘记过自己出身卑微。
We must do good rather than evil, on however humble a scale.勿因善小而不为，勿因恶小而为之。
Let me state my humble opinion.容陈管见。
I spread afore him my humble store, like the Bee.我用我象蜜蜂般积攒的那点东西款待他。

用作及物动词(vt.)

She'll humble you to the dust.她一定要把你糟蹋得一文不值。
And to do this we need to humble ourselves.要做到这一点，我们需要是自己谦卑。
They tried to humble your importance in that achievement.他们企图贬低你在那次功绩中的重要作用。
You could humble at your feet the proudest heads in the world.你能使世界上最骄傲的头在你脚前俯伏。

adj.(形容词)

humble

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